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Acarology is the study of mites and ticks, the animals in the orderAcarina. The name comes from the Greekakari, a type of mite, and -ology ("study of"). It is a subfield of zoology. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary full URL is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Families Tetranychidae - Spider mites Eriophyidae - Gall mites Sarcoptidae - Sarcoptic Mange mites The mites and ticks, order Acarina or Acari, belong to the Arachnida and are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups, although some way behind the insects. ... Families Ixodidae - Hard ticks Argasidae - Soft ticks Tick is the common name for the small wingless arachnids that, along with mites, constitute the order Acarina. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Families Tetranychidae - Spider mites Eriophyidae - Gall mites Sarcoptidae - Sarcoptic Mange mites The mites and ticks, order Acarina or Acari, belong to the Arachnida and are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups, although some way behind the insects. ... Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -ology. ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ...
A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist. Scientific journals of acarology include Acarologia,Experimental and Applied Acarology and International Journal of Acarology. Nature. ...
The International Journal of Acarology publishes original research work on a wide variety of acarological subjects including mite and tick behavior, biochemistry, biology, control, ecology, evolution, morphology, physiology, systematics and taxonomy.
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