acarology
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thumb|The Acari are identified in acarology as a [[taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks. They are an example of something an acarologist would study.]] Acarology (from Ancient Greek /, , a type of mite; and , -logy|) is the study of mites and ticks, the animals in the order Acarina. It is a subfield of arachnology, a subdiscipline of the field of zoology. A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist. Acarologists may also be parasitologists because many members of Acarina are parasitic. Many acarologists are studying around the world both professionally and as ama
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- Acarological organisations
- Acarological societies
- International
- Regional
- Notable acarologists
- Journals
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The Acari are identified in acarology as a [[taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks. They are an example of something an acarologist would study.]] Acarology (from Ancient Greek /, , a type of mite; and , -logy|) is the study of mites and ticks, the animals in the order Acarina. It is a subfield of arachnology, a subdiscipline of the field of zoology. A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist. Acarologists may also be parasitologists because many members of Acarina are parasitic. Many acarologists are studying around the world both professionally and as amateurs. The discipline is a developing science and research has been provided for it in more recent history.
==Acarological organisations== Laboratory of Medical Acarology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Tick Research Laboratory, University of Rhode Island Tick Research Lab at Texas A&M University
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