We invite you to attend the webinar on “Ectosymbiont mites of bats”, which will take place on Thursday 25th of this month, on the YouTube channel of the Latin American Society of Acarology. The conferences will be in charge of Drs. Juan B. Morales-Malacara (UNAM, Mexico) and...

The Universidad Tecnológica del Cibao Oriental (UTECO), in Cotuí, Dominican Republic, offers the virtual course: Superfamily Eriophyoidea: Taxonomy, Bioecology and Management. All the information and the registration form in this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNG9WKVgk5riIUNPatMJY7H8hgd3gWz_g-LwrMaDyrIG5eUA/viewform    

The Organizing Committee of the VII Brazilian Acarology Symposium (VII SIBAC), in response to the requests of several participants, decided to extend for the second time the presentation date of the modalities: posters, oral presentations and Audiovisual Acarology contest until November 12, 2021 (11/12/2021); and also the...

Dear participants, The Organizing Committee of the VII Brazilian Symposium on Acarology (VII SIBAC), in view of the requests of several participants, decided to extend the submission date of the modalities: posters, oral presentations, Audiovisual Acarology contest and Scientific Note (Entomological Communications), as well as maintain the...

Dear partners, the November webinar will be about Raoiella, a mite of enormous agricultural importance. The conferences will be in charge of Drs. Daniel Carrillo (University of Florida, USA) and José Carlos Verle Rodrigues (University of Puerto Rico, PR) and will have Dr. Ron Ochoa (USDA, USA)...

We inform you that, while Talking about mites 2021 is still going on, a new webinar organized by the Latin American Society of Acarology is already scheduled. These are two conferences on feather mites given by Latin American researchers, leading worldwide. More information in the attachment. We...

Network of researchers for the monitoring of Phyllocoptruta musae Keifer The banana rust mite Phyllocoptruta musae Keifer (Acari: Eriophyidae) was first detected in Latin America in October 2020, at high population densities in the Dominican Republic (Gómez-Moya et al. 2021). Its actual distribution in the region, its...

Dear Acarologists, we are pleased to announce the Audiovisual Acarology Contest of the VII BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM OF ACAROLOGY (VII SIBAC) in which the best materials on mites will be awarded, in five (5) categories: drawing, comic strip, photography, micrograph and video. Registration will begin on August 15,...

The Latin American Society of Acarology wants to pay tribute to the world’s leading Latin acarologists. We share on the SLA channel, a series of videos (tribute, testimonies and interview) about our first honoree, the esteemed Professor Dr. Carlos Flechtmann. We invite you to see the material...

The VII Brazilian Symposium of Acarology (VII SIBAC, 6-9/12/2021) is getting closer and closer. We share the third circular (see attached). In it you will find the link to the congress website, where there is information on activities, registration, and much more. Terceira Circular – VII SIBAC