It is a subfield of arachnology, a subdiscipline of the field of zoology.
A zoologist specializing in acarology is called an acarologist.
Acarologists may also be parasitologists because many members of Acarina are parasitic.
Many acarologists are studying around the world both professionally and as amateurs.
[2] The discipline is a developing science and research has been provided for it in more recent history.