Dear partners, we inform you that from September 23 to 27, 2019 will be teach the postgraduate course UPDATE AND MANAGEMENT OF MITES ASSOCIATED WITH CULTURES OF ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE IN ARGENTINA, in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. More information in the attached file

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:

Dear partners, Mexican colleagues tell us that from June 9 to 12 this year will be held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the XI Latin American Congress of Entomology and LIV National Congress of Entomology. More information is provided in the attached poster. We wish you success in the organization!

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.