Dear members,

in order to complete the candidacies to renew the SLA authorities, starting today and until the 24th of this month, proposals are received for delegates by country (send the chosen name to master@slacarologia.org).

The Board of Directors proposes the permanence of the current delegates, although not all of them have yet expressed their willingness to continue in their role.

Any member can propose one or more names, either as a delegate of his or her own country or another, or self-promote.

With special emphasis we urge those members from countries that do not have a designated delegate, to propose one, or to self-promote if they wish. Among the Latin American countries of which we have members, but not members, are Nicaragua and Venezuela.

We look forward to your participation!

We regretfully report the death of the eminent entomologist and acarologist Marjorie A. Hoy. We have attached a recent interview that was conducted for the American Entomologist and a note by Prof. Gilberto de Moraes (Professor Associado do Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, ESALQ – USP)

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Nota Prof. De Moraes

The deadline for the presentation of candidates for the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Acarology extends until the 29th of this month, an election that must be made this year.

Send email to: master@slacarologia.org

Your participation is essential to strengthen our Society. We count on your collaboration!

Dear partners, herewith we present a statement from the organizers of the IV Latin American Congress of Acarology, to be held in Panama. In summary, it is reported that, due to the pandemic situation that we are going through, it will not take place this year but will be rescheduled, probably by 2022.

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In order to bring knowledge on different topics of Acarology, to professionals and students dedicated to Biological Sciences and related, Latin American Society of Acarology offers, with the collaboration of international leaders, the course Talking about mites: updating topics in Acarology: Agricultural, Medical-Veterinary, and Biodiversity. The proposed environment is the virtual one, taking into account the current global context, of social confinement as a result of Covid 19. The activity will be carried out free of charge, through the Google Meet virtual platform, from May 12 to July 14.

Objective: To provide attendees with the necessary tools to understand the different groups of mites, addressing aspects related to their morphology, biology, ecology and sanitary importance.

Recipients: Professionals and graduate and undergraduate students of Biological Sciences, Agronomy, Veterinary Science, Environmental Sciences. As well as field and laboratory technicians associated with the aforementioned Sciences.

Total hour load: 40 hours (theoretical: 28 hours + optional practice / assessment: 12 hours).

Space: 250 attendees per topic.

Language: most of the talks will be given in Spanish and some of them in Portuguese

Deadline for pre-registration: May 3, 2020

Contact: Ing. Agr. Marisa Regonat mregonat@agro.uba.ar

Timeline and General Program – Access to pre-registration

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2pe4v1HKmR7yI6fV7R3kNKFwb8e4H6R/view?usp=sharing

Schedule: Mites of importance in agriculture:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12lUw4ZPMUOLco4uOi3dqBtqIAhdb6Tjb/view?usp=sharing

Schedule: Soil mites:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jbAUry6Xabvkao9CytHpH47wSUcbJO5O/view?usp=sharing

Schedule: Ectoparasitic mites and vectors:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fhp9lMzAni_IIYyAGZJf-ElERofG18Nz/view?usp=sharing

Schedule: Tools for the study of mites:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VIK0Thaw_ckTNNYOsvrP-dOrMlljmwKu/view?usp=sharing