ICA 2026

PLENARY SESSION

Amphi. Lamour - Bât. 9Plenary 4

• KN-5 - Pathogens: Medical biases and the symbiotic reality of tick microbiomes
  Olivier DURON (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France)

Room change

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Amphi. Lamour - Bât. 9Forensic

Chair: Alejandra PEROTTI

• O1 - Beyond minPMI: mite life history as indicator of decomposition duration in a Forensic Case Study
  Henk BRAIG (Institute and Museum of Natural Sciences, National University of San Juan, San Juan, Argentina)

• O2 - The investigation of Poecilochirus spp. (Mesostigmata, Parasitidae)
  Lucia ŠVECOVÁ (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Ecology and behavior and life history traits (2)

Chairs: Keshi ZHANG & Owen SEEMAN

• O10 - Interspecific variation in feeding behavior and cheliceral morphology among bryophyte-feeding species of Eustigmaeus (Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae)
  Satsuki IKEDA (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O11 - An inverse Lansing effect: Older mothers produce offspring with improved development and growth efficiency
  Keshi ZHANG (School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

• O12 - Characterizing circadian features in mites and ticks
  Adi KLIOT (Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Institute, Rishon LeTzion, Israel)

• O13 - Silk-mediated queueing behavior in Cretaceous erythraeid mites
  Qiang XUAN (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China)

• O14 - The pros and cons of predatory mite larvae movement
  Yuka TERAMOTO (Laboratory of Ecological Information, Kyoto University, Kyoto City, Japan)

Amphi 206 - Bât. 9Mites as vectors of diseases in plants

Chairs: Sauro SIMONI & Tobiasz DRUCIAREK

• O1 - Beyond Russeting: Re-evaluating integrated management of Aculops lycopersici as a primary vector of tomato fruit blotch virus
  Sauro SIMONI (DC (Research centre for Plant Protection and Certification), CREA - Council for Agriculture Research and Economics, Firenze, Italy)

• O2 - Vector lineage matters: insights into wheat streak mosaic virus accumulation and transmission in the wheat curl mite complex
  Tobiasz DRUCIAREK (Applied BioSciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia)

• O3 - Effect of Wheat streak mosaic virus (Potyviridae) on population density of its eriophyoid vector, the wheat curl mite, in laboratory and greenhouse conditions
  Wiktoria SZYDŁO (Center for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poznań, Poland)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O4 - Population fluctuation of Acalitus essigi and Acalitus orthomerus (Acari: Eriophyidae) associated with the disease known as redberry in blackberry
  Gabriel OTERO-COLINA (Posgrado en Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico)

• O5 - Effect of mite density on acquisition and transmission of citrus leprosis virus by Brevipalpus yothersi and B. californicus
  Rene GOMEZ-MERCADO (CE Valle de Mexicali, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico)

• O6 - Insights into the taxonomy of Vitis-Associated Colomerus (Eriophyidae) species through molecular phylogeny
  Mouna BEZZEZ (Institut français de la vigne et du vin, Le Grau-du-Roi, France)

Amphi 208 - Bât. 9Ticks and mites: biological control for plants and animals (2)

Chairs: Markus KNAPP & Dominiek VANGANSBEKE

• O6 - Prospecting soil-dwelling laelapid mites from French Mediterranean vineyards for the biological control of insect pests
  Thais Juliane DO PRADO (CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Institut Agro Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

• O7 - A neglected predator? The potential of Gamasellodes lavafesii (Ascidae) in nematode suppression
  Ávyla Régia DE ALBUQUERQUE BARROS (Koppert Brazil, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil)

• O8 - Efficacy of native and commercial populations of Neoseiulus californicus against Phytonemus pallidus fragariae on Albion, Monterey, and San Andreas strawberry cultivars
  Mete SOYSAL (Institute of Science, Ordu University, Ordu, Türkiye)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O9 - Enhancing the foraging efficiency of the predatory mite Amblyseius largoensis through conditioning with herbivore-induced plant volatiles
  Syed Usman MAHMOOD (Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

• O10 - How to improve the establishment of iolinid predatory mites for the control of pests and diseases on tomato?
  Dominiek VANGANSBEKE (Biobest N.V., Westerlo, Belgium ; 2 Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation NPO (BINCO), Glabbeek, Belgium)

• O11 - Complementarity in natural enemies for maximizing control against pests: habitat partitioning and life stage targeting
  Zhi-Qiang ZHANG (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research Group, Bioeconomy Science Institute, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

• O12 - Recent developments in the use of Amblydromalus limonicus as a biocontrol agent
  Markus KNAPP (Koppert B.V., Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands)

Lunch & Coffee

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Poster session 2

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Amphi. Lamour - Bât. 9Ecology and behavior and life history traits (3)

Chairs: Serge KREITER & Farid FARAJI

• O15 - Mothers know best: spatial and nutritional limitations shape offspring performance in the predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus
  Yuzhi GONG (School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, auckland, New Zealand)

• O16 - Life-history traits and functional response of Amblyseius andersoni against major tomato pests
  George BROUFAS (Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Agricultural Development, Orestiada, Greece)

• O17 - Evaluation of three Phytoseiid mite species for the biological control of Phytonemus pallidus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) under laboratory conditions
  Serge KREITER (CBGP, Institut Agro Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

• O18 - Morphological adaptations of phytoseiid predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) to overwintering sites
  Farid FARAJI (Acarology laboratory, Eurofins Mitox, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

• O19 - How to deal with charging enemies: examining plant morphology based on the locomotion habits of spider mites
  Shuichi YANO (Lab. of Ecological Information, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)

• O20 - Maturation increases, but mating decreases the repeatability of activity in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis
  Mustafa ALTINTAS (Bornova Plant Protection Research Institute, İzmir, Turkey)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O21 - Grip disruption in Varroa destructor: Behavioural effects of arolia fluid alteration
  Caroline VILAREM (Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l’Environnement (CRBE), Toulouse University, CNRS, IRD, UMR5300, Toulouse, France)

• O22 - Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity in cave-associated and surface-dwelling oribatid mites of the family Damaeidae
  Veronika PETROVOVÁ (Department of Zoology, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia)

• O23 - Seasonal dynamics of species composition and trophic groups of mites of the family Tarsonemidae in a wild grass community in Western Siberia, Russia
  Kirill MASHKOV (Group of Acarology, Tyumen University, Tyumen, Tyumen Region, Russia)

• O24 - Aceria sheldoni (Trombiformes: Eriophyidae): Methodology and epidemiology to improve control in South African citrus
  Caro KAPP (Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa)

Amphi 206 - Bât. 9Ticks and mites: animal and human health risks

Chairs: Pavel KLIMOV & Fernando JACINAVICIUS

• O1 - Emergence of Hyalomma lusitanicum in Southeastern France and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus risk assessment
  Guillaume VELUT (French Armed Forces Center for Epidemiology and Public Health, French Armed Forces Health Service, Marseille, France)

• O2 -Evolutionary origins of allergenicity in house dust mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae)
  Pavel KLIMOV (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA)

• O3 - Iron metabolism proteins Tsf and IRP regulate reproduction and development in Haemaphysalis longicornis through multi-pathway mechanisms
  Duo WANG (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Shijiazhuang, China)

• O4 - Ticks in the city : assessing risk exposure to Borrelia spirochetes in urban green spaces in a context of urban greening
  Magalie RENÉ-MARTELLET (UMR EPIA, VETAGRO SUP, Marcy l'Etoile, France)

• O5 - Varroa infestation rates in southeast Romanian apiaries and their correlation with beekeeping practices
  Laura Mihaela STEFAN (Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania)

• O6 - Integrating population genomics and microbial metagenomics of the lone star tick, an expanding arthropod disease vector in the United States
  Javier MONZON (Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, United States)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O7 - Clinical surveillance of tick-bite cases and ecological background of Amblyomma testudinarium biting in satoyama landscapes of northern Kanto, Japan
  Mizuho SHIMADA (Japan Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan)

• O8 - Current knowledge of the acarofauna parasitizing reptiles in Oman
  Radek BAĎURA (Department of Biology & Wildlife Diseases, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého, Brno, Czechia)

• O9 - Cas9-mediated gene editing in the black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, by embryo injection and ReMOT Control
  Monika GULIA-NUSS (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA)

Amphi 208 - Bât. 9 Ticks and mites: biological control for plants and animals (3)

Chairs: Enrico DE LILLO & Gilberto DE MORAES

• O13 - Biocontrol efficacy and application strategies of two predatory mites for pest control
  Endong WANG (Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China)

• O14 - Predatory potential of Amblyseius rademacheri (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) as a biological control agent against thrips: A comparative study with A. swirskii
  Shogo USUGI (Laboratory of Ecological Information, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan)

• O15 - Biological Control of Tetranychus evansi using predatory insects and mites in New Zealand
  Lanjing LI (School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)

• O16 - Effectiveness of above- and below-ground predators in controlling the invasive Thrips parvispinus
  Alexandra SIERRA (IBED, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

• O17 - Chromosome-level genome assembly and comparative analysis of two commercial phytoseiid mites, Phytoseiulus persimilis and Neoseiulus californicus
  Bo ZHANG (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China)

• O18 - From twig to potential product: Thyreophagus berxi as factitious food source for mass production of predatory mites
  Jonas MERCKX (R&D, Biobest Belgium N.V., Westerlo, Belgium)

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Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break

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• O19 - Do spider mites avoid alternative foods for predators?
  Rei AKAEDA (Lab. of Ecological Information, Dep. of Agriculture, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto City, Japan)

• O20 - Application of arthropod pathogenic fungi against Phytoptus avellanae s. l.
  Enrico DE LILLO (Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e degli Alimenti, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy)

• O21 - Evaluation of the predatory soil mite Blattisocius mali as a biocontrol agent of the acarid mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae infesting stored flower bulbs
  Manoj Kumar JENA (Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland)

Bus departure

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Domaine des Moures - Villeneuve-lès-MagueloneCongress dinner