Dear All, We inform you that between Monday, February 26 and Friday, March 1, 2024, the course SOIL MITES: BIOLOGY AND ROLE IN THE SOIL, TAXONOMY AND IDENTIFICATION will be taught at the Faculty of Agronomy, Garzón 780, Montevideo, Uruguay. It will be led by Dr. Pablo A. Martínez (National University of Mar del Plata,
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La Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología (SLA) les da la más cordial bienvenida a su nuevo sitio web, con la finalidad de brindar un espacio de interacción de la comunidad de acarólogos de Latinoamérica e Islas del Caribe, así como de promover la investigación científica, la docencia y la difusión del conocimiento de los ácaros en nuestra región y en el mundo entero …
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Dear Members, we invite you to a new SLA webinar: News about phytophagous mites in the Americas: a tremendous challenge! The number of known species is very poor to the number of species estimated by molecular techniques, calculated in millions of species not yet discovered. The most problematic thing is the understanding of new species,
Read MoreHello, We invite you to the special SLA webinar this Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. (Brasília time). These are “trophic interactions in the soil: a key component for biological control for conservation.” It will be led by Drs Palevsky (Israel) and Diana Rueda (Colombia). More information in the attachment. We are waiting for you!
Read MoreDear SLA Members, we invite you to attend the next webinar: “Research associated with the study of phytophagous mites in the center of the American continent” Researchers from the University of Costa Rica will discuss, among other topics: pest mites detected during the entry of plant material from marketing between several Central American countries; factors
Read MoreAugust Webinar: Fossil Caeculids
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Aug2023
The SLA August webinar will discuss “Fossil caeculid mites: their contributions to the systematics and phylogeny of the family”. Mag. Andrés Porta will be in charge of presenting updated information on the Caeculidae family, with an extensive fossil record, with the oldest described species coming from Myanmar amber (upper Cretaceous, age 99 Ma) and three
Read MoreVenue Election V CLAc 2025
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Aug2023
Dear partners SLA, in order to comply with the election of the venue for the V Latin American Congress of Acarology (2025), we share the proposals of Dr. María Carolina Silva (Chile) and Dr. Sofía Jiménez (Peru). In addition, we give access to the recording of the assembly and the voting form. We ask that
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