OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Experimental and Applied Acarology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of a mimotope of the Rickettsia outer membrane protein A (OmpA) as an antigen in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect rickettsiosis in capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), horses (	31
Berry species and crop management approaches affect species diversity and abundance of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae)	15
Evolution of acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus decoloratus on commercial farms in South Africa	14
Effect of Eucalyptus globulus and Ferula assafoetida essential oils and their nanoformulations on the life table parameters of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)	14
Arthropods associated with the lychee erinose mite, Aceria litchii (Acari: Eriophyidae) on lychee trees in Minas Gerais, Brazil	13
Influence of temperature on the population size of Aceria litchii (Acari: Eriophyidae) and the development of its galls	13
Laboratory life cycle of Ornithodoros puertoricensis (Ixodida: Argasidae) collected in the Colombian Caribbean	13
Social context during ontogeny affects cannibalism and kin recognition of the predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus at different life stages	12
Suitability of Rosaceae fruit tree species for Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acari: Tetranychidae)	12
The potential application of Czenspinskia transversostriata in biological control	12
The first complete mitochondrial genome of the genus Laelaps with novel gene arrangement reveals extensive rearrangement and phylogenetics in the superfamily Dermanyssoidea	11
Pathogens detected in ticks (Ixodes ricinus) feeding on red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from city parks in Warsaw	11
Geographical distribution of pyrethroid resistance mutations in Varroa destructor across Türkiye and a European overview	10
High-resolution prediction models for Rhipicephalus microplus and Amblyomma cajennense s.l. ticks affecting cattle and their spatial distribution in continental Ecuador using bioclimatic factors	10
Histopathological effects of the fruit extract of Citrullus colocynthis on the ovary of the tick Hyalomma dromedarii	10
The generalist predatory mite Anystis baccarum (Acari: Anystidae) as a new biocontrol agent for western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)	10
Cladistics of Rhipicephalus microplus and laboratory assessment of acaricidal efficacy of different Cassia fistula extracts against R. microplus larvae	10
Repellent activity of the non-host semiochemical (E)-2-octenal against Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum ticks under field conditions	10
Molecular identification of cattle ticks in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana: a high occurrence of Rhipicephalus microplus	10
Small-scale genetic structure of populations of the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini	10
Distribution of the soft tick Carios vespertilionis in lowlands and low mountain regions of Germany	10
The association of extracts of Achyrocline satureioides and the fungus Beauveria bassiana against the tick Rhipicephalus microplus	10
Shift in the seasonality of ixodid ticks after a warm winter in an urban habitat with notes on morphotypes of Ixodes ricinus and data in support of cryptic species within Ixodes frontalis	9
Rapid cold hardening response of the phytoseiid mite Neoseiulus striatus: increased cold tolerance but not reduced predation	9
Compatibility of pesticides with the predatory mite Neoseiulus barkeri	8

Summer collection of multiple southern species of ticks in a remote northern island in Japan and literature review of the distribution and avian hosts of ticks	8
Acaricidal action of ozone on larvae and engorged females of Rhipicephalus microplus: a dose-dependent relationship	8
Transcriptomic profile of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on different host plants	8
Seasonal abundance of Leptotrombidium deliense, the vector of scrub typhus, in areas reporting acute encephalitis syndrome in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India	8
Developing a method to rear Varroa destructor in vitro	8
Acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (Acari: Ixodidae) on commercial farms in South Africa: filling a gap in historical data	8
Effect of Tagetes minuta essential oil on the central nervous system of unfed Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato ‘tropical lineage’ ticks	8
A rotatory funnel-shaped collector for trapping airborne mites in a glycerin-based adhesive surface	7
Development of abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae in Australian cotton and the establishment of discriminating doses for T. lambi	7
Ecology, genetics and distribution of Punctoribates zachvatkini, an oribatid mite so far overlooked in Germany	7
A haplodiploid mite adjusts fecundity and sex ratio in response to density changes during the reproductive period	7
Differences in the reproductive output and larval survival of Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni) and American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from prairie populations near their nort	7
Tick-borne pathogens in Dermacentor reticulatus collected from dogs in eastern Poland	7
Population growth and respiration in the dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae under different temperature and humidity regimes	7
Tick abundance and infection with three zoonotic bacteria are heterogeneous in a Belgian peri-urban forest	7
Lack of specialist nidicoles as a characteristic of mite assemblages inhabiting nests of the ground-nesting wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Aves: Passeriformes)	7
In vitro acaricidal activity of green synthesized nickel oxide nanoparticles against the camel tick, Hyalomma dromedarii (Ixodidae), and its toxicity on Swiss albino mice	7
Diversity of free-living ticks and serological evidence of spotted fever group Rickettsia and ticks associated to dogs, Porto Velho, Western Amazon, Brazil	7
Hitchhiking or hang gliding? Dispersal strategies of two cereal-feeding eriophyoid mite species	7
Ticks on reptiles and amphibians in Central Amazonia, with notes on rickettsial infections	6
Molecular detection of Rickettsia spp. in ticks and fleas collected from rescued hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in Portugal	6
Interspecific differences in the behavioral response of ticks exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation	6
Prevalence and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from forest areas of Northern Poland	6
Molecular screening of piroplasms and Anaplasmataceae agents in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from camels over different seasons in Egypt	6
Seasonal activity of Haemaphysalis longicornis and Haemaphysalis flava (Acari: Ixodida), vectors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, and their SFTS virus harboring rates in Gy	6
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of ixodid ticks infesting cattle in northeast Thailand: the discovery of Rhipicephalus microplus clade C and the rarely detected R. haemaphysaloides	6
Wolbachia of phylogenetic supergroup K identified in oribatid mite Nothrus anauniensis (Acari: Oribatida: Nothridae)	6
Mite composition in nests of the Japanese wood mouse, Apodemus speciosus (Rodentia: Muridae)	6
Determination of resistance status to amitraz in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus from Luzon, Philippines, through bioassay and molecular analysis	6
Analysis of the bacterial community in female Rhipicephalus microplus ticks from selected provinces in Luzon, Philippines, using next-generation sequencing	6
Acarofauna present in organic strawberry fields and associated weed species in southern Brazil	6
Screening and genotyping of Orientia tsutsugamushi from field-collected on-host chiggers (Acari: Prostigmata) recovered from a positive scrub typhus locality in Kelantan, Malaysia	6
Promising Algerian essential oils as natural acaricides against the honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae)	6
Unveiled species diversity of moss-feeding mites (Stigmaeidae: Eustigmaeus): a research on their distribution, habitat, and host plant use in Japan	6
Tick-borne microorganisms in Amblyomma tigrinum (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Patagonian region of Argentina	5
Flagging records of Ixodes frontalis (Panzer, 1798) and dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) (Acari: Ixodidae), and their first reporting from Coblenz region, Western Germany	5
Effect of essential oils against acaricide‐susceptible and acaricide-resistant Rhipicephalus ticks	5
First zootiological survey of Amblyomma geoemydae ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a wild turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) in northern Taiwan	5
Comparison of sensitization patterns to dust mite allergens between atopic dermatitis patients and dogs, and non-specific reactivity of canine IgE to the storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae	5
Molecular epidemiology of Theileria annulata infection of cattle in Layyah District, Pakistan	5
Density and distribution of the flat mite (Brevipalpus yothersi) (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) on four Hibiscus varieties: do leaves tell the full story?	5
Evaluation of the efficacy of permethrin- and cypermethrin-based textile against taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus	5
Alterations induced by Colomerus vitis on the structural and physiological leaf features of two grape cultivars	5
Intraspecific variation of morphological traits backed up with molecular evidence votes for re-appraisal of hitherto distinguished Balaustium species—a case study of Balaustium murorum (Acariformes: P	5
Genetic population structure of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in Japan	5
Prevalence of Borrelia, Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Babesia in ticks collected from vegetation in eastern Poland	5
Novel Francisella-like endosymbiont and Anaplasma species from Amblyomma nodosum hosted by the anteater Tamandua Mexicana in Mexico	5
Rhipicephalus sanguineus salivary gland extract as a source of immunomodulatory molecules	5
Distribution characteristics and influencing factors of Haemaphysalis longicornis around goat sheds in Jinan city, East China	5
An evaluation of errors in the mitochondrial COI sequences of Hydrachnidia (Acari, Parasitengona) in public databases	4

Why are phytoseiid predatory mites not effectively controlling Echinothrips americanus?	4
Rhipicephalus annulatus, R. australis or R. microplus? Discordance between morphological and genetic data among three cattle tick species	4
Host plant and humidity effects on phytoseiid mite, Gynaeseius liturivorus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) egg hatchability	4
Leaf trichome-mediated predator effects on the distribution of herbivorous mites within a kidney bean plant	4
Overwintering at multiple life stages in Schizotetranychus shii (Acari: Tetranychidae), a specialist of evergreen chinquapin	4
Exudate droplets incorporated on eggs by Raoiella indica Hirst female during oviposition may avoid the predation of Amblyseius largoensis (Muma)	4
Transovarial and transstadial transmission of Borrelia valaisiana, the pathogen of Lyme borreliosis, in the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus L.	4
Males mate with females even after sperm depletion in the two-spotted spider mite	4
Mite fauna (Acari: Erythraeidae and Otopheidomenidae) associated with hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in northeastern Brazil	4
How land-use intensity affects sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites in temperate forests and grasslands in Germany	4
A novel genotype of Babesia microti-like group in Ixodes montoyanus ticks parasitizing the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) in Ecuador	4
6Pgdh polymorphism in wild bulb mite populations: prevalence, environmental correlates and life history trade-offs	4
Sampling approaches of the Hindustan citrus mite (Schizotetranychus hindustanicus) in Brazilian citrus orchards and climatic factors affecting its population dynamics	4
Asymmetry in the reproductive interference between two closely related species of spider mites, Panonychus citri and Panonychus osmanthi (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae)	4
Spider mite resistance to miticides in South Carolina strawberry and implications for improved integrated pest management	4
Potential of a winterschmidtiid prey mite for the production of the predatory mite Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae)	4
Publisher Correction: Population dynamics of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and their harboring rates of severe fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) virus in four landscapes of Gyeonggi Province,	4
Anaplasma species infecting questing ticks in the Iberá wetlands ecoregion, Argentina	4
Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium) essential oil and main components as potential repellents and acaricides against Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks	4
Risk factors contributing to tick-acaricide control failure in communal areas of the Oliver Tambo district eastern cape province, South Africa	4
Functional responses of two species of predatory mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to eggs and first-instar nymphs of Bactericera Gobica Logniova (Homoptera: Psyllidae)	4
Phylogeography of Hyalomma (Euhyalomma) lusitanicum (Acarina, Parasitiformes, Ixodidae) in Andalusia based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene	4
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia spp. in Dermacentor reticulatus ticks found within the city of Białystok, Poland—first data	4
Soil mite communities (Acari, Mesostigmata) in pure stands on post-agricultural lands: does season matter?	4
Alternative food sources for Amblydromella caudiglans (Phytoseiidae) and effects on predation	4
Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany: 1st data update	3
Correction: Plant, pest and predator interplay: tomato trichomes effects on Tetranychus Urticae (Koch) and the predatory mite Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) recki Wainstein	3
New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) in the Caatinga biome of Brazil, with a phylogenetic analysis of argasids using the nuclear Histone 3 (H3) gene	3
Biological control of the Japanese pear rust mite, Eriophyes chibaensis (Acari: Eriophyidae) and the Kanzawa spider mite, Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae) with Euseius sojaensis (Acari: Phy	3
An exploratory analysis of the structure of tetranychid and phytoseiid assemblages in walnut orchards in California	3
Oribatid mites in different Mediterranean crop rotations fertilized with animal droppings	3
Cardinium symbionts are pervasive in Iranian populations of the spider mite Panonychus ulmi despite inducing an infection cost and no demonstrable reproductive phenotypes when Wolbachia is a symbiotic	3
Impact of the mites Dermanyssus gallinae and Tyrophagus putrescentiae on production and health of laying hens	3
Temperature-dependent development and reproduction of Tarsonemus confusus (Acari: Tarsonemidae): an important pest mite of horticulture	3
Effects of temperature on cathepsin B, cathepsin D and acid phosphatase during embryo development of the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis	3
Chemosensory function of Varroa gnathosoma: transcriptomic and proteomic analyses	3
Medicated corn feeders to disinfest cattle fever ticks, Boophilus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae), from a suburban population of white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus (Cervidae)	3
Phylogenetic placement of Turkish populations of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes inopinatus	3
Rickettsia communities and their relationship with tick species within and around the national park of Iguaçu, Brazil	3
Seasonal dynamics of Amblyomma sculptum in two areas of the Cerrado biome midwestern Brazil, where human cases of rickettsiosis have been reported	3
Isolation and evaluation of South African isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) on Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)	3
Beauveria bassiana native strains affect the reproductive index of Rhipicephalus microplus ticks	3
The climate niche of the invasive tick species Hyalomma marginatum and Hyalomma rufipes (Ixodidae) with recommendations for modeling exercises	3
Predatory mite Amblyseius orientalis prefers egg stage and low density of Carpoglyphus lactis prey	3
Complete mitochondrial genomes of Thyreophagus entomophagus and Acarus siro (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmatina) provide insight into mitogenome features, evolution, and phylogeny among Acaroidea mites	3
Pest mites and their interaction with Phytoseiidae and other arthropod predators in an almond orchard in South-West Spain	3
Evaluation of the one-side tick counting technique and of the level of infestation of bovines with Rhipicephalus microplus	3
Mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata, Oribatida) in the red belt conk, Fomitopsis pinicola (Polyporales), in Polish forests	3
Rhizoglyphus robini, a pest mite of saffron, is unable to resist extracellular ice formation	3
Resistance of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus to fluazuron in Argentina	3
Identification and expression of potential olfactory-related genes related to Niemann–Pick C2 protein and ionotropic receptors in Haemaphysalis longicornis	3
Characterization of a strain of Serratia sp. with ixodicide activity against the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus	3
Detection of Rickettsia amblyommatis and Rickettsia bellii in ticks collected from pet dogs in peri-urban and rural areas in Yucatan, Mexico	3
Let me know your name: a study of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with the edible dormouse (Glis glis) in the Carpathian–Balkan distribution gradient	3
Molecular identification and morphological variations of Dermacentor albipictus collected from two deer species in northern Mexico	3
Eggplant-garlic intercrops reduce the density of Tetranychus urticae on eggplant and improve crop yield	3
Morphological changes in plasma-exposed poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) using high-resolution video camera and optical coherence tomography (OCT)	3
First report and molecular identification of a reptilian tick, Amblyomma helvolum (Acari: Ixodidae), infesting wild green iguanas, Iguana iguana (Reptilia: Iguanidae), in southern Taiwan	3
Influence of abiotic factors on diapause termination and temperature requirements for postdiapause development in the European red mite, Panonychus ulmi (Acari: Tetranychidae)	3
Ticks on the turf: investigating the presence of ixodid ticks on and around football fields in Germany	3
Acaricidal activity of Artemisia herba-alba and Melia azedarach oil nanoemulsion against Hyalomma dromedarii and their toxicity on Swiss albino mice	3
Cross-resistance between macrocyclic lactones in populations of Rhipicephalus microplus in Brazil’s semiarid region	3
Do ticks exhibit repeatable individual behaviors?	3
What is the optimal timing to initiate strategic control of Rhipicephalus microplus in taurine cattle in a tropical region?	3
Alien eating alien - rapid spread of Aceria fraxiniflora, a non-native gall mite of the invasive green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in Central-Eastern Europe	3
Predatory mite instars (Acari, Mesostigmata) and decomposing tree leaves in mixed and monoculture stands growing on a spoil heap and surrounding forests	3
Rickettsia spp., Ehrlichia sp. and Candidatus Midichloria sp. associated to ticks from a protected urban area in Buenos Aires City (Argentina)	3
Rearing of Hyalomma marginatum (Acarina: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions in Morocco	3
Male age and sexual experience affect male mating behavior in the hawthorn spider mite, Amphitetranychus viennensis	3
Circulating oxidative stress and acute phase protein levels in horses infested with ticks	3
Comparing scapular morphology of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma dubitatum nymphs allows a fast and practical differential diagnosis of ticks in highly infested areas with dominance of these two spec	3
Looking for future biological control agents: the comparative function of the deutosternal groove in mesostigmatid mites	3
The maturity index for Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) communities as an indicator of human-caused disturbance in selected forest complexes of Poland	3
Lethal and sublethal effects of emamectin benzoate on life-table and physiological parameters of citrus red mite, Panonychus citri	3
Residual effect of commonly used fungicides in strawberries on Amblyseius swirskii, Neoseiulus cucumeris, and Neoseiulus californicus (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)	3