The International Congress of Acarology (ICA) is the major international
meeting for acarologists in the world. It is usually held every four years
(with one exception in 1970s) in countries selected by the International Executive
Committee (IEC) of ICA.
The ICA also compiles a directory of acarologists in the world. The
most recent directory was published in 2025, and compiled by IEC 2022-2026 under leadership of Dr. Fred Beaulieu, with the assistance of Prof. Hany El-Kawas (Plant Protection Research Institute, Egypt)
The continuity of these two events is assured through the activities of
the International
Executive Committee.
Congress proceedings are published after each Congress, usually edited by Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
of each congress.
The detailed rules for ICA are published in the by-laws. The original By-laws (1974)
were published and the reference is:
ANONYMOUS. 1979. Rules for the
International Congress of Acarology (ICAC). Pp. 737-741 in: E. Piffl, ed.
Procedings of the Fourth International Congress of Acarology (Saalfalden,
1974). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest.
The 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018 By-laws have
not yet been published in print.
