Articles

1. Removing grass clippings reduces bermudagrass mite (Acari: Eriophyidae) infestation during turfgrass regrowth

   • Matthew S. Brown
   • Juang Horng Chong

   Research 24 April 2024

   

2. Initial study and phylogenetic analysis of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Nantong, China along the route of avian migration

   • Jian-Ming Yuan
   • Jing Su
   • Yu-Jie Chen

   Research 24 April 2024

   

3. Risk factors contributing to tick-acaricide control failure in communal areas of the Oliver Tambo district eastern cape province, South Africa

   • William Diymba Dzemo
   • Oriel Thekisoe
   • Patrick Vudriko

   Research Open access 24 April 2024

   

4. Effect of ivermectin, amitraz and fipronil on midgut epithelium and digestive enzyme profile in Rhipicephalus microplus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

   • Nisha Bisht
   • Ashutosh Fular
   • Srikant Ghosh

   Research 20 April 2024

   

5. Do astigmatid teeth matter: a tribological review of cheliceral chelae in co-occuring mites from UK beehives

   • Clive E. Bowman

   Review Open access 19 April 2024

   

6. Influence of abiotic factors on diapause termination and temperature requirements for postdiapause development in the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi (Acari: Tetranychidae)

   • E. Martínez-Villar
   • B. López-Manzanares
   • V. S. Marco-Mancebón

   Research Open access 18 April 2024

   

7. Transitional chelal digit patterns in saprophagous astigmatan mites

   • Clive E. Bowman

   Research Open access 15 April 2024

   

8. Leaf trichome-mediated predator effects on the distribution of herbivorous mites within a kidney bean plant

   • Tatsuya Yoshida
   • Yasuyuki Choh

   Research 11 April 2024

   

9. 6Pgdh polymorphism in wild bulb mite populations: prevalence, environmental correlates and life history trade-offs

   • Pranav Unnikrishnan
   • Szymon Grzesik
   • Agata Plesnar-Bielak

   Research Open access 10 April 2024

   

10. A note from the new Editor-in-Chief

    • M. Alejandra Perotti

    Editorial 09 April 2024 Pages: 307 - 307

11. Risk factors affecting the feeding site predilection of ticks on cattle in Ghana

    • Seth Offei Addo
    • Ronald Essah Bentil
    • Samuel Kweku Dadzie

    Research Open access 05 April 2024

    

12. Brevipalpus yothersi Baker (Tenuipalpidae) development in sweet orange plants is influenced by previous mite infestation and the presence of shelters

    • Ana Beatriz Piai Kapp
    • Jaqueline Franciosi Della Vechia
    • Daniel Júnior Andrade

    Research 21 March 2024

    

13. A multiplex direct PCR method for the rapid and accurate discrimination of three species of spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in fruit orchards in Beijing

    • Can Lu
    • Shao-dong Hao
    • Jin-zhong Wang

    Research 15 March 2024 Pages: 403 - 421

    

14. Current perspectives and difficulties in the design of acaricides and repellents from plant-derived compounds for tick control

    • Nosheen Malak
    • Sadaf Niaz
    • Zbigniew Zając

    Review 15 March 2024

15. New hard tick (Acari: Ixodidae) reports and detection of Rickettsia in ticks from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

    • Ángel Oviedo
    • Miguel M. Rodríguez
    • Lyda R. Castro

    Research Open access 14 March 2024 Pages: 507 - 528

    

16. Africanized honey bee colonies in Costa Rica: first evidence of its management, brood nest structure and factors associated with varroa mite infestation

    • Rafael A. Calderón-Fallas
    • Johan W. van Veen
    • Juan Vicente Orozco-Delgado

    Research 14 March 2024 Pages: 369 - 384

    

17. Prey stage preference of Amblyseius paraaerialis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on varied life stages of the spider mites Tetranychus urticae, Tetranychus macfarlanei and Oligonychus biharensis (Acari: Tetranychidae) and exploring the mass rearing possibilities of this predatory mite on alternative diets

    • Devasia Jyothis
    • Neravathu Ramani

    Research 13 March 2024 Pages: 385 - 401

    

18. Developing a method to rear Varroa destructor in vitro

    • Brynn L. Johnson
    • Cody Prouty
    • James D. Ellis

    Research 13 March 2024

19. Encapsulation of carvacrol and thymol with yeast cell wall and its repellent activity against Amblyomma sculptum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Sensu Lato)

    • Jhone Robson da Silva Costa
    • Tassia Lopes do Vale
    • Hermes Ribeiro Luz

    Research 12 March 2024 Pages: 555 - 565

    

20. Molecular identification, risk factor assessment, and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne pathogens in symptomatic and asymptomatic cattle from South-Eastern Iran

    • Atefeh Fathi
    • Reza Nabavi
    • Alireza Sazmand

    Research 08 March 2024 Pages: 479 - 506

    

21. Incidence of eriophyid mites (Acariformes: Eriophyidae) and predatory mites (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) in Florida citrus orchards under three different pest management programs

    • Emilie P. Demard
    • Ismail Döker
    • Jawwad A. Qureshi

    Research 07 March 2024 Pages: 323 - 349

    

22. Acaricide resistance status of deltamethrin and coumaphos in Hyalomma anatolicum ticks collected from different districts of Haryana

    • Surbhi Gupta
    • Nirmal Sangwan
    • Sachin Kumar

    Research 07 March 2024

    

23. An exploratory analysis of the structure of tetranychid and phytoseiid assemblages in walnut orchards in California

    • Nicholas J. Mills
    • Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell
    • Kristen E. Tollerup

    Research 06 March 2024

    

24. Genetic diversity and differentiation analysis reveals geographical structure characteristics of Dermatophagoides farinae (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)

    • Xianglin Tao
    • Zheng Li
    • Entao Sun

    Research 03 March 2024 Pages: 351 - 367

    

25. Repellent activity of the non-host semiochemical (E)-2-octenal against Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum ticks under field conditions

    • Valesca Henrique Lima
    • Salorrane Miranda do Nascimento Pinto
    • Lígia Miranda Ferreira Borges

    Research 27 February 2024 Pages: 423 - 437

    

26. Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in tick and blood samples from small ruminants in northwest of Iran

    • Ahmad Enferadi Ghazanabad
    • Negin Esfandiari
    • Max Maurin

    Research 26 February 2024 Pages: 529 - 546

    

27. Geographical distribution of pyrethroid resistance mutations in Varroa destructor across Türkiye and a European overview

    • Esengül Erdem
    • Nafiye Koç-İnak
    • Emre İnak

    Research Open access 24 February 2024 Pages: 309 - 321

    

28. High-resolution prediction models for Rhipicephalus microplus and Amblyomma cajennense s.l. ticks affecting cattle and their spatial distribution in continental Ecuador using bioclimatic factors

    • Ximena Pérez-Otáñez
    • Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo
    • Sophie O. Vanwambeke

    Research Open access 23 February 2024 Pages: 439 - 462

    

29. Application of DNA barcodes in the genetic diversity of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Kazakhstan

    • Ziwei Zheng
    • Weixin Zeng
    • Yuanzhi Wang

    Research Open access 22 February 2024 Pages: 547 - 554

    

30. Survey of Rickettsia spp. in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting opossums (Didelphis albiventris) and capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from an urban park in southeastern Brazil

    • Bruno Tolentino Caixeta
    • Graziela Virginia Tolesano-Pascoli
    • Jonny Yokosawa

    Research 15 February 2024 Pages: 463 - 477

    

31. Alterations induced by Colomerus vitis on the structural and physiological leaf features of two grape cultivars

    • Lubia M. Guedes
    • Ignacio A.A. Henríquez
    • Narciso Aguilera

    Research 15 February 2024 Pages: 183 - 201

    

32. Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of Haemaphysalis longicornis around goat sheds in Jinan city, East China

    • Dong Wang
    • Fange Meng
    • Ling Wei

    Research 13 February 2024 Pages: 297 - 305

    

33. Larvicidal and repellent effects of essential oils on the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus Sensu lato) with description of new larval repellent activity test method

    • Samed Koc
    • Zeynep Nur Gultekin
    • Huseyin Cetin

    Research Open access 13 February 2024 Pages: 263 - 273

    

34. Molecular identification of cattle ticks in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: a high occurrence of Rhipicephalus microplus

    • Christopher Nii Laryea Tawiah-Mensah
    • Seth Offei Addo
    • Samuel K. Dadzie

    Research 13 February 2024 Pages: 253 - 261

    

35. Histopathological effects of the fruit extract of Citrullus colocynthis on the ovary of the tick Hyalomma dromedarii

    • Asmaa Ali Baioumy Ali
    • Ashraf Ahmed Montasser
    • Salma Nabil Ahmed Mohamed

    Research Open access 12 February 2024 Pages: 275 - 295

    

36. What is the optimal timing to initiate strategic control of Rhipicephalus microplus in taurine cattle in a tropical region?

    • Luccas Lourenzzo Lima Lins Leal
    • Lorena Lopes Ferreira
    • Welber Daniel Zanetti Lopes

    Research 08 February 2024 Pages: 217 - 232

    

37. Experimental transmission of a novel relapsing fever group Borrelia harbored by Ornithodoros octodontus (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Chile

    • Adriana Santodomingo
    • Richard Thomas
    • Sebastián Muñoz-Leal

    Research 06 February 2024 Pages: 241 - 252

    

38. Toxoplasma gondii infection in ticks infesting migratory birds: the blackbird (Turdus merula) and the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

    • Alicja Gryczyńska
    • Justyna Polaczyk
    • Renata Welc-Falęciak

    Research 06 February 2024 Pages: 233 - 240

39. Resistance of dwarf Cocos nucifera L. (Arecaceae) cultivars to Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

    • Rafael de Almeida Leite
    • César Gonçalves dos Santos
    • Elio Cesar Guzzo

    Research 06 February 2024 Pages: 203 - 215

    

40. Mixta mediterraneensis as a novel and abundant gut symbiont of the allergen-producing domestic mite Blomia tropicalis

    • Tomas Erban
    • Bruno Sopko
    • Jan Hubert

    Research Open access 16 January 2024 Pages: 161 - 181

    

41. Tick-borne microorganisms in Amblyomma tigrinum (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Patagonian region of Argentina

    • Marina Winter
    • Patrick Stephan Sebastian
    • Santiago Nava

    Research 14 January 2024 Pages: 151 - 159

    

42. The influence of high-temperature frequency variation on the life-history traits of pyridaben-sensitive and -resistant strains of Tetranychus truncatus

    • Liwen Song
    • Wenhua Fu
    • Senshan Wang

    Research 04 January 2024 Pages: 109 - 122

    

43. Impact of the mites Dermanyssus gallinae and Tyrophagus putrescentiae on production and health of laying hens

    • Angélica Sulzbach
    • Carolina Gedoz
    • Liana Johann

    Research 21 December 2023 Pages: 61 - 85

    

44. Competitive displacement and acaricide resistance of two Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) species collected on commercial farms in South Africa

    • Ellie M. S. P. van Dalen
    • Candice Jansen van Rensburg

    Research Open access 19 December 2023 Pages: 135 - 149

    

45. The nuclear receptor gene E75 plays a key role in regulating the molting process of the spider mite, Tetranychus urticae

    • Zhuo Li
    • Liang Wang
    • Dao-Chao Jin

    Research 19 December 2023 Pages: 1 - 11

    

46. Comparison of the supercooling points of questing Dermacentor variabilis adults in two populations on the Canadian prairies and implications for overwinter survival

    • Matthew E. M. Yunik
    • Chulantha P. Diyes
    • Neil B. Chilton

    Research 12 December 2023 Pages: 123 - 133

    

47. Influence of temperature on the population size of Aceria litchii (Acari: Eriophyidae) and the development of its galls

    • Livia Maria Silva Ataide
    • Jaqueline F. Della Vechia
    • Alexandra M. Revynthi

    Research 12 December 2023 Pages: 13 - 25

    

48. Impacts of cultivar and management practices on the diversity and population dynamics of mites in soybean crops

    • Marliza Beatris Reichert
    • Julia Renata Schneider
    • Noeli Juarez Ferla

    Research 30 November 2023 Pages: 41 - 59

    

49. Differences in the reproductive output and larval survival of Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from prairie populations near their northern distributional limits in western Canada

    • Chulantha P. Diyes
    • Shaun J. Dergousoff
    • Neil B. Chilton

    Research 28 November 2023 Pages: 645 - 660

    

50. Promising Algerian essential oils as natural acaricides against the honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

    • Souad Hazam
    • Salem Touati
    • Smain Chemat

    Research 28 November 2023 Pages: 87 - 107