Acarological Studies ( AS ) is a peer-reviewed, international scientific journal that publishes and promotes research in acarology worldwide. AS publishes high quality research papers on any aspect of mites, including anatomy, behaviour, biodiversity, conservation, biological control, ecology, medical acarology, morphology, phylogeny, physiology, systematics, veterinary acarology and zoogeography. The journal also invites the submission of case studies, monographs, revisions, reviews, catalogues, checklists, descriptions of taxa and nomenclature for consideration. All submitted papers must be original and unpublished or not under consideration for publication. Manuscripts in English or Turkish with an abstract in English and with references in English will be accepted. Acarological Studies is a fully open access journal, published biannually by DergiPark for the “Turkish Academic Network and Information Center ( ULAKBİM )”, a unit of “The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye ( TÜBİTAK )”. DergiPark provides online hosting services and an editorial workflow management system for academic journals published in Türkiye. The DergiPark project, undertaken by TÜBİTAK - ULAKBİM , is a public service in Türkiye whose mission is the web-based publication of academic journals and the operation of an online journal management system. The project also organizes, conducts and coordinates the dissemination of scientific information in line with national targets.