1. A high-performance humidity control system for tiny animals: demonstration of its usefulness in testing egg hatchability of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae

   • Takeshi Suzuki
   • Noureldin Abuelfadl Ghazy
   • Katsumi Ohyama

   OriginalPaper 24 April 2012 Pages: 101 - 110

   

2. Effects of air temperature and water vapor pressure deficit on storage of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

   • Noureldin Abuelfadl Ghazy
   • Takeshi Suzuki
   • Katsumi Ohyama

   OriginalPaper 21 April 2012 Pages: 111 - 120

   

3. Evaluation of the predatory mite Amblyseius hainanensis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and artificial rainfall for the management of Brevipalpus obovatus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

   • Da-Rui Zheng
   • Guang-Hua Liu
   • Bao-Li Qiu

   OriginalPaper 21 April 2012 Pages: 121 - 131

   

4. Consumption rate, functional response and preference of the predaceous mite Iphiseius degenerans to Tetranychus urticae and Eutetranychus orientalis

   • A. A. Fantinou
   • A. Baxevani
   • G. Papadoulis

   OriginalPaper 22 April 2012 Pages: 133 - 144

   

5. Association between ecological factors and the presence of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus larvae in Puerto Rico

   • José Urdaz-Rodríguez
   • Geoffrey Fosgate
   • Pedro Melendez

   OriginalPaper 26 May 2012 Pages: 145 - 157

   

6. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with small terrestrial mammals in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

   • Danilo G. Saraiva
   • Gislene F. S. R. Fournier
   • Marcelo B. Labruna

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2012 Pages: 159 - 166

7. Autochthonous and migratory birds as a dispersion source for Ixodes ricinus in southern Italy

   • Alessandro Falchi
   • Filipe Dantas-Torres
   • Domenico Otranto

   OriginalPaper 18 May 2012 Pages: 167 - 174

   

8. Ixodes ricinus is the dominant questing tick in forest habitats in Romania: the results from a countrywide dragging campaign

   • A. D. Mihalca
   • C. M. Gherman
   • V. Cozma

   OriginalPaper 01 May 2012 Pages: 175 - 182

   

9. Synopsis of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Romania with update on host associations and geographical distribution

   • A. D. Mihalca
   • M. O. Dumitrache
   • A. D. Sándor

   OriginalPaper 29 April 2012 Pages: 183 - 206