Acarology
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Acarology is the study of mites and ticks, the animals in the order Acarina. The name comes from the Greek akari, a type of mite, and -ology ("study of"). It is a subfield of zoology, and sometimes included in the field of arachnology, the study of spiders and related organisms.
A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist. Scientific journals of acarology include Acarologia,Experimental and Applied Acarology and International Journal of Acarology.
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