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mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

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Acarina. It is a subfield of

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. A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist. Acarologists may also be parasitologists because many members of Acarina are parasitic. Many acarologists are studying around the world both professionally and as amateurs. The discipline is a developing science and research has been provided for it in more recent history.

Acarological organisations

* Laboratory of Medical Acarology,

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Acarological societies

International

* International Congress of Acarology * Societe Internationale des Acarologues de Langue Francaise * Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

Regional

* Acarology Society of America * Acarological Society of Iran * Acarological Society of Japan * African Acarology Association * Egyptian Society of Acarology * European Association of Acarologists

Notable acarologists

* Mercedes Delfinado, founded the

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's Laboratory of Acrology, recipient of a

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. * Natalia Aleksandrovna Filippova, the ixodid tick '' Dermacentor filippovae'' Apanaskevich & Apanaskevich was named after her. * Harry Hoogstraal, was described as "the greatest authority on ticks and tickborne diseases who ever lived." The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene's ''Harry Hoogstraal Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Medical Entomology'' honors his contributions to science. He has more than 20 species named after him * Pat Nuttall, professor of Arbo virology in the Department of Zoology of the

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. * Maria V. Pospelova-Shtrom, discovered the Ryukyu Rabbit Tick * Ronald Vernon Southcott, self-published a book 'Studies on incidences and correlations of diseases and immunizations in South Australian schoolchildren 1952–1962. * Jane Brotherton Walker (31 January 1925 – 3 April 2009), in the field of

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, particularly in Africa. * Aleksei Zachvatkin, discovered hypermetamorphosis in the Meloidae and

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, A number of mite genera are named in his honour including '' Zachvatkinia'' Dubinin, 1949 and '' Zachvatkinella'' Lange, 1954. * Anita Hoffmann, founded the

's Laboratory of Acrology * Maria Tonelli-Rondelli, studied the taxonomy and identification of ticks (Ixodidae), especially South American species * James Allen McMurtry * Cecil Warburton, specialized in ticks of medical and veterinary importance.

Journals

The leading

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s for acarology include: * '' Acarologia'' * ''

Acarines Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

'' * '' Experimental and Applied Acarology'' * '' International Journal of Acarology'' * '' Systematic & Applied Acarology'' * '' Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases'' * '' Persian Journal of Acarology''

References

External links

* * Acari and humans Subfields of arthropodology Arachnology {{acari-stub