Experimental and Applied Acarology publishes peer-reviewed original papers describing advances in basic and applied research on mites and ticks. Coverage encompasses all Acari, including those of environmental, agricultural, medical and veterinary importance, and all the ways in which they interact with other organisms (plants, arthropods and other animals). The subject matter draws upon a wide variety of disciplines, including evolutionary biology, ecology, epidemiology, physiology, biochemistry, toxicology, immunology, genetics, molecular biology and pest management sciences.

Mites Editors
Jan Bruin, Editor-in-Chief, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: janbruin@bred.nl)
Arne Janssen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (e-mail: arne.janssen@uva.nl)

Ticks Editor
Frans Jongejan, Managing Editor, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Pretoria, RSA (e-mail: f.jongejan@uu.nl)

Founding Editors
Wim Helle†, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leo P.S. van der Geest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maurice W. Sabelis†, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Editorial Board
Gerd Alberti, Greifswald, Germany
Hans (J.A.J.) Breeuwer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Matthew J. Colloff, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Lewis B. Coons, Memphis, TN, USA
Carlo Duso, Padova, Italy
Agustin Estrada-Peña, Zaragoza, Spain
José de la Fuente, Ciudad Real, Spain; Stillwater, OK, USA
Uri Gerson, Rehovot, Israel
Jeremy S. Gray, Dublin, Ireland
Alberto A. Guglielmone, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
Grant A. Herron, Menangle, NSW, Australia
W. Ruben Kaufman, Edmonton, AB, Canada
J.S. Hans Klompen, Columbus, OH, USA
Thomas Van Leeuwen, Ghent, Belgium
Zoë Lindo, London, ON, Canada
Evert E. Lindquist, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mark Maraun, Goettingen, Germany
David C. Margolies, Manhattan, KS, USA
Stephen J. Martin, Sheffield, UK
Bradley A. Mullens, Riverside, CA, USA
Gøsta Nachman, Copenhagen, Denmark
Maria Navajas, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
Glen R. Needham, Columbus, OH, USA
Roy A. Norton, Syracuse, NY, USA
Patricia A. Nuttall, Oxford, UK
Kimiko Okabe, Tsukuba, Japan
Antonella di Palma, Foggia Italy
Eric Palevsky, Ramat Yishay, Israel
Heather C. Proctor, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Peter Schausberger, Vienna, Austria
Anna Skoracka, Poznan, Poland
Daniel E. Sonenshine, Norfolk, VA, USA
Gerrit Uilenberg, Cargèse, France
Alan R. Walker, Roslin, UK
David E. Walter, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Auckland, New Zealand