Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2019 Designed by Müjdat TÖS Acarological Studies Vol 1 (1) CONTENTS Information on AS Editorial A new inspiration for acarological life: Acarological Studies ............................................................................................................. 1-2 Salih DOĞAN Articles A new species of the genus Zercon (Acari, Mesostigmata, Zerconidae) from Kastamonu, Turkey ........................... 3-10 Raşit URHAN, Mehmet KARACA Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting some wild animals and humans in Turkey: notes on a small collection ....... 11-15 Adem KESKİN, Ahmet Yesari SELÇUK, Haluk KEFELİOĞLU A new species of the genus Ledermuelleriopsis Willmann (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey ................................. 16-19 Mustafa AKYOL, Melis Pınar GÜL First record of the rotundabaloghid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Sierra Leone with the description of a new species ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20-22 Jenő KONTSCHÁN The prevalence and intensity of Demodex folliculorum and D. brevis (Acari: Demodicidae) in patients with ocu- lar dandruff ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23-43 Yasin SARI, Erhan ZEYTUN, Salih DOĞAN, Yücel KARAKURT Short Notes Two new records of the genus Hydryphantes (Acari: Hydrachnidia) for the Turkish fauna ..................................... 44-47 Yunus ESEN, Abdullah MART, Orhan ERMAN New occurrence of the mite genus Columbicheyla Thewke and Enns (Acari, Cheyletidae) in Turkey ................. 48-50 Salih DOĞAN, Sibel DOĞAN, Burcu KABASAKAL Acarological Studies Aim and Scope script. 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