acarologist

plural acarologists

1. A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.

   2011, Andrew Nikiforuk, Empire of the Beetle, David Suzuki Foundation, Greystone Books, page 41, One acarologist wrote several years ago that mites dwell "in a strange and beautiful world where a meter amounts to a mile and yesterday was years ago."

   2 more examples

   Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen.

   1903, Ray Society, number 81, page 90

   This would be an interesting field of study offering immense scope to acarologists in the developing world.

   1989, G. P. ChannaBasavanna, Neelu Nangia, “14.1 Acarology in Developing Countries - Glimpses and Prospects”, in G. P. ChannaBasavanna, C. A. Viraktamath, editors, Progress in Acarology, Volume 2, E. J. Brill, page 469