We gladly inform you that the organization of the IV Latin American Congress of Acarology, to be held in Panama in 2020, has issued its first notice, including the thematic areas and the modalities of presentation. More information in the attached file:

CLAC-PTY, 2020

Dear partners, the “5th Latin American and Caribbean
Symposium of Acarology” (mites and ticks) will be held in Havana, Cuba, in April 20-24, 2020.

More information here:

First Announcement V SIMPOSIO 2020

Dr. Pedro De La Torre, from Cuba, sends this report on the last National Meeting of Acarology for Plant Health:

The National Meeting of Acarology for Plant Health was held in the province of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, from April 8 to 12, 2019, an event organized by the Unit of Central Laboratories of Agricultural Health (ULCSA), the Health Research Institute Vegetal (INISAV) and the host province. Twenty four specialists from all over the country participated and different aspects related to agricultural acarology were discussed such as new interceptions, work methods, pest problems, quarantine and training among others. In addition, a visit was made to protected cultivation houses where mite problems were discussed at the site. Within the training, the occasion was used to disseminate the post-event course during the IV Latin American and Caribbean Symposium in La Habana, Cuba with the theme: Taxonomy, Biology and Identification of Oribatid Mites, which was given on that occasion by the professors Pablo A. Martínez and Natalia A. Fredes, both from the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina. It was a propitious moment to present work ideas for the next Acarology event in our country.

Dear partners, we share the information about the molecular techniques course to characterize mite and tick communities: applied aspects. It will take place in Montpellier, France, between July 8 and 12 of this year. More information in the link:

https://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/course.php

Dear Members, unfortunately we have a sad news to share with you. This is the accidental death of a young acarologist, very active in the study of the oribatids, Dr. Ekaterina Sidorchuk, from Russia. In the words of colleagues who worked with her, Katya was “vibrant, perceptive, brilliant colleague, and good friend to many”, a “young, kind and charming person, and a brilliant and exceptional researcher” .Every year we learned about the loss of acarologists and that is always a sad fact. In this case, the fact of being an accidental death, of a young researcher, is doubly painful. A great loss for the global acarology. We accompany your family in those sad moments.