Arachnida

Acarological Colloquium / Milbenkundliches Kolloquium

14. Acarological Colloquium / Milbenkundliches Kolloquium

We are delighted to announce the 14th Acarological Colloquium that will take place on September 11-13, 2025 at the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany. We welcome presentations from all fields of acarology with the focus on soil mites: ecological and taxonomic questions, applied and basic acarology, novel and traditional methods.

We recommend all participants to arrive on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, to join the informal dinner at one of the authentic restaurants in Görlitz. On Thursday and Friday we are planning presentations, which will be followed by an excursion on Saturday, September 13. There will also be some time reserved to visit the exhibitions at the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz and to virtually enter the soil profile in our virtual reality “Adventure soil life” installation.

There is no conference fee. However, conference participants are supposed to cover costs for the conference dinner and the excursion themselves.

Registrations can be submitted as of now via e-mail to milbenkolloquium@senckenberg.de. The deadlines for registration and abstract submission will be announced later.

+++ Important information +++

date: 11.09. – 13.09.2025                                        
place: Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany
organisation: Dr. Ricarda Lehmitz, Dr. Andrey Zaitsev, Kerstin Franke, Henriette Jechorek
mail: milbenkolloquium@senckenberg.de

Retrospect

13th Mite – Kolloquium

5 – 7 October 2022 at the Georg-August-University Göttingen, J.-F. Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropodology
38 participants 

12th Mite – Kolloquium

26 – 28 September 2019 in the Center for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technology of the University of Bremen
25 participants 

11th Mite – Colloquium

7 – 9 September 2017 in the “Naturmuseum Südtirol, Bozen”
26 participants

Soil Organisms (2018) 90 (1): 1-26     

10th Mite – Colloquium

17 – 19 September 2015 in the “Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz”
40 participants

Soil Organisms (2016) 88 (2): 99-148   

9th Mite – Colloquium

19 – 21 September 2013 in the “Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz”
“Institut für Zoologie”
37 participants

Soil Organisms (2014) 86 (2): 95-145   

8th Mite – Colloquium

22 – 24 September 2011 in the “Universität Tübingen”
“Institut für Evolution und Ökologie”
32 participants

Soil Organisms (2012) 84 (2): 391-487   

7th Mite – Colloquium

17 – 19 September 2009 in Posen, Kollegium Biologicum
of the Adam Mickiewicz University
54 participants

Soil Organisms (2010) 82 (2): 179-274 

6th Mite – Colloquium

20- 22 September 2007 in the “Zoologisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel” “Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie” and “Zoologisches Museums”
54 participants

Soil Organisms (2008) 80 (2): 155-270 

5th Mite – Colloquium

6 – 18 October 2005 in the “NLU-Institut Biogeografie der Universität Basel”
42 participants
Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz (2005) 78 (1): 1-106  Contents

4th Mite – Colloquium

6 – 18 October 2005 in the “NLU-Institut Biogeografie der Universität Basel”
42 participants
Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz (2004) Band 76 (1): 1-100   Contents

3rd Mite – Colloquium

12 – 13 October 2001 in the “Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz”
33 participants
Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz (2002) Band 74 (1): 1-45   Contents