Contemporary Acarology: 2017
暫譯: 當代蜱蟲學：2017

本書匯集了在美國蜱蟲學會（Acarological Society of America, ASA）年度會議上發表的論文，該會議與美國昆蟲學會（Entomological Society of America）共同舉辦。ASA計劃每年出版其年度會議的報告；本書是該系列的第一本。

Dr Michael Skvarla is the Director of the Insect Identification Laboratory at Penn State and an Extension Educator. His previous work has focused on the taxonomy and systematics of the mite family Cunaxidae and terrestrial arthropod biodiversity of the Interior Highlands, but now revolves around specimens that are submitted to the ID lab, including deer keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and bethylids associated with humans (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). He has published 36 peer-reviewed papers and numerous fact sheets and other popular articles. This is his first time editing a collected volume.
Dr Ronald Ochoa has published more than 180 articles, two websites, two catalogs, four books and six book chapters on e.g. insects and mites of economic importance. He has worked and studied in the fields of acarology and entomology for the past 39 years, including 16 years of teaching and fieldwork responsibilities and 20 years with the United States Department of Agriculture. Most of his studies address the systematic and ecological associations with the mite orders Acariformes and Parasitiformes, with an emphasis on plant-feeding mites and bee mites.
Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, PhD, Full Professor at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), received his BS in Agronomy and PhD in Nuclear Energy in Agriculture from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is currently directing a multi-agency project that established the first certified US offshore Center of Excellence for Quarantine and Invasive Species at the UPR. Dr Rodrigues is also a Professor (Adjunct Collaborator) of Graduate Programs (Crop Protection, Biology and Natural Sciences) at the UPR, BioNorte (Amazon Biodiversity and Biotechnology Network), and the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil. A former President of the Acarological Society of America (2011 and 2017), he is also an active member of the National Science Foundation (NSF), Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology, and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC).
H. Joel Hutcheson, MS, PhD, is a research scientist with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Lethbridge, Alberta. Currently head of the Centre for Vector-borne Diseases at the CFIA's National Centre for Animal Diseases, he has worked with the Acari and tick-borne diseases for more than 30 years, at the university and (US and Canadian) federal government levels. He is also an adjunct/affiliate faculty member of the University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, Colorado State, and Georgia Southern University.

邁克爾·斯卡瓦拉博士（Dr. Michael Skvarla）是賓州州立大學昆蟲鑑定實驗室的主任及延伸教育者。他之前的工作專注於蟎類家族Cunaxidae的分類學和系統學，以及內陸高地的陸生節肢動物生物多樣性，但現在的研究圍繞著提交到鑑定實驗室的標本，包括鹿虱（Diptera: Hippoboscidae）和與人類相關的貝氏蟲（Hymenoptera: Bethylidae）。他已發表36篇經過同行評審的論文，以及多篇事實表和其他流行文章。這是他第一次編輯合集。

羅納德·奧喬亞博士（Dr. Ronald Ochoa）已發表超過180篇文章、兩個網站、兩本目錄、四本書和六個書章，主題包括經濟重要的昆蟲和蟎類。他在蜱蟎學和昆蟲學領域工作和學習了39年，包括16年的教學和實地工作責任，以及在美國農業部工作20年。他的大多數研究針對蟎類目Acariformes和Parasitiformes的系統學和生態關聯，特別強調植物取食蟎和蜜蜂蟎。

何塞·卡洛斯·維爾·羅德里格斯博士（Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, PhD）是波多黎各大學（UPR）的全職教授，他在巴西聖保羅大學獲得農學學士學位和農業核能博士學位。他目前正在指導一個多機構項目，該項目在UPR建立了美國首個認證的離岸檢疫和入侵物種卓越中心。羅德里格斯博士同時也是UPR的研究生課程（作物保護、生物學和自然科學）的教授（兼任合作者）、BioNorte（亞馬遜生物多樣性和生物技術網絡）以及巴西聖瑪利亞聯邦大學的教授。他曾於2011年和2017年擔任美國蜱蟎學會會長，並且是國家科學基金會（NSF）、科學與技術卓越研究中心以及應用熱帶生態與保護中心（CREST-CATEC）的活躍成員。

H. 喬爾·哈奇森（H. Joel Hutcheson）碩士、博士，是加拿大食品檢查局（CFIA）在阿爾伯塔省萊斯布里奇的研究科學家。目前他是CFIA國家動物疾病中心的媒介傳播疾病中心負責人，擁有超過30年的蟎類和蜱傳疾病的研究經驗，涵蓋大學及（美國和加拿大）聯邦政府層級。他同時也是卡爾加里大學、萊斯布里奇大學、科羅拉多州立大學和喬治亞南方大學的兼任/附屬教職員。