1. Drought stress promotes the colonization success of a herbivorous mite that manipulates plant defenses

   • Miguel G. Ximénez-Embún
   • Joris J. Glas
   • Merijn R. Kant

   OriginalPaper Open access 29 November 2017 Pages: 297 - 315

   

2. Abscisic Acid Insensitive 4 transcription factor is an important player in the response of Arabidopsis thaliana to two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) feeding

   • Anna Barczak-Brzyżek
   • Małgorzata Kiełkiewicz
   • Marcin Filipecki

   OriginalPaper Open access 05 December 2017 Pages: 317 - 326

   

3. Tolerance of the eriophyid mite Aceria salsolae to UV-A light and implications for biological control of Russian thistle

   • Patrick J. Moran
   • M. Irene Wibawa
   • Lincoln Smith

   OriginalPaper 05 December 2017 Pages: 327 - 338

4. Cellular injury to 1- to 3+-year-old stems of Camellia sinensis by Tuckerella japonica

   • Diann S. Achor
   • Carl C. Childers
   • Michael E. Rogers

   OriginalPaper Open access 29 November 2017 Pages: 339 - 351

   

5. Effect of temperature on diapause termination and post-diapause development in Eotetranychus smithi (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • Y. Takano
   • M. S. Ullah
   • T. Gotoh

   OriginalPaper 28 November 2017 Pages: 353 - 363

   

6. Taxonomic resolution and functional traits in the analysis of tropical oribatid mite assemblages

   • Maria A. Minor
   • Sergey G. Ermilov
   • Alexei V. Tiunov

   OriginalPaper 11 November 2017 Pages: 365 - 381

   

7. Correction to: Taxonomic resolution and functional traits in the analysis of tropical oribatid mite assemblages

   • Maria A. Minor
   • Sergey G. Ermilov
   • Alexei V. Tiunov

   Correction 04 December 2017 Pages: 383 - 384

8. Toxicity of Juniperus oxycedrus oil constituents and related compounds and the efficacy of oil spray formulations to Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)

   • Jun-Ran Kim
   • Haribalan Perumalsamy
   • Young-Joon Ahn

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2017 Pages: 385 - 399

   

9. Relative transcription of autophagy-related genes in Amblyomma sculptum and Rhipicephalus microplus ticks

   • Nicole O. Moura-Martiniano
   • Erik Machado-Ferreira
   • Carlos Augusto Gomes Soares

   OriginalPaper 27 November 2017 Pages: 401 - 428

   

10. Endosymbiont CLS-HI plays a role in reproduction and development of Haemaphysalis longicornis

    • Chun-Mian Zhang
    • Ning-Xin Li
    • Jing-Ze Liu

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2017 Pages: 429 - 438

    

11. Seasonal cycles of the TBE and Lyme borreliosis vector Ixodes ricinus modelled with time-lagged and interval-averaged predictors

    • Katharina Brugger
    • Melanie Walter
    • Franz Rubel

    OriginalPaper Open access 27 November 2017 Pages: 439 - 450

    

12. Evaluation of four commercial natural products for repellency and toxicity against the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

    • Erika T. Machtinger
    • Andrew Y. Li

    OriginalPaper 22 November 2017 Pages: 451 - 460

    

13. Assessment of bacterial diversity in Hyalomma aegyptium, H. marginatum and H. excavatum ticks through tag-encoded pyrosequencing

    • Adem Keskin
    • Ahmet Bursali
    • Saban Tekin

    OriginalPaper 09 November 2017 Pages: 461 - 475

    

14. Ticks and bacterial tick-borne pathogens in Piemonte region, Northwest Italy

    • Dario Pistone
    • Massimo Pajoro
    • Paolo Lanfranchi

    OriginalPaper 30 November 2017 Pages: 477 - 491

    

15. Morphological and molecular divergence of Rhipicephalus turanicus tick from Albania and China

    • Hong-Yu Li
    • Shan-Shan Zhao
    • Yuan-Zhi Wang

    OriginalPaper Open access 27 November 2017 Pages: 493 - 499

    

16. Distribution and phylogeny of Hyalomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Turkey

    • Olcay Hekimoglu
    • Ayşe Nurdan Ozer

    OriginalPaper 24 November 2017 Pages: 501 - 519

    

17. Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting some small mammals from Northern Turkey with new tick–host associations and locality records

    • Adem Keskin
    • Ahmet Yesari Selçuk
    • Haluk Kefelioğlu

    OriginalPaper 06 November 2017 Pages: 521 - 526