Coprophagous hydrophilid beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) as carriers of phoretic deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Poland

Abstract

Abstract. During a study 20 hydrophilid beetle species and 2,457 individuals of beetles belonging to 4 genera: Cercyon, Cryptopleurum, Megasternum and Sphaeridium were collected. On the surface of the bodies of 59 beetles (2.40% of the beetles collected) belonging to six species, 174 cases of phoresy [55 deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Müller, 1776) and 119 pedicels without deutonymphs] were observed. New hydrophilid beetle carriers of phoretic deutonymphs of U. orbicularis are given. Most mites were carried by Sphaeridium species. The population dynamics of both groups of arthropods was also studied. Most cases of phoresy were recorded in May and in the second half of July. However, phoretic deutonymphs were not present on the body surface of hydrophilid beetles throughout the whole period of this study.

Phoretic relationships between Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) and centipedes (Chilopoda) as an example of evolutionary adaptation of mites to temporary microhabitats

“…Unlike the nonspecific phoresy of Uropoda orbicularis M ller, 1776 by coprophilous beetles of several families (Bajerlein & B oszyk, 2004;Bajerlein & Przewo ny, 2005) as well as other groups of insects, both species of Uropodina found in the present study selected a particular carrier. It is significant that the mites of the sub-order Uropodina recorded in this study were transported by a single species of centipede -Lithobius forficatus, despite the fact that this species coexists with 30 other species of centipede.…”

“…The literature on the subject includes a range of publications concerning links between mites and insects (Faasch, 1967;Ramsey, 1967;Moser, 1976;Desender & Veneechoutte, 1984;Philips, 1984;Lehtinen, 1987;Athias-Binche & Habersaat, 1988;Wi niewski & Hirschmann, 1992;Athias-Binche, 1993Athias-Binche et al, 1993;Mašán, 1993Mašán, , 1994Fain et al, 1995;B oszyk, 1999;Gwiazdowicz, 2000;B oszyk et al, 2002a;Bajerlein & B oszyk, 2004;Bajerlein & Przewo ny, 2005). There is, however, little information on the dispersal of mites by centipedes.…”

Ácaros asociados a dos especies de Odontotaenius (Coleoptera: Passalidae) en México

“…y Uroobovella californiana han sido reportados en localidades de Chiapas, en altitudes desde 150 a los 700 msnm (Villegas-Guzmán et al, 2008), lo que coincide con el intervalo altitudinal de las recolectas realizadas para el estado de Chiapas, Veracruz y Tamaulipas. Uropoda orbicularis se registra en altitudes superiores a los 2 000 msnm; su amplia distribución se debe probablemente a que no sólo se asocia a pasálidos sino que es uno de los uropódidos foréticos más comunes que pueden habitar en el suelo, plantas, aves y nidos de mamíferos (Bajerlein & Przewozny, 2005 (Butler & Hunter, 1968 (Funk, 1980;Hunter & Rosario, 1989;Hunter & Rosario, 1991) La diferencia en la composición de especies de ácaros entre los pasálidos estudiados puede deberse a dos factores importantes: primero, al sesgo en el muestreo ya que no se cuenta con el mismo número de ácaros para cada pasálido y, segundo, a la distribución geográfica de cada uno, O. striatopunctatus se distribuye ampliamente desde Tamaulipas hasta la Península de Yucatán, a lo largo de la Sierra Madre Oriental y se desplazada a los estados de Oaxaca y Guerrero (Reyes-Castillo et al, 2006), incluso la especie se ha reportado en zonas de manglar en el estado de Tabasco ; en cambio O. zodiacus se encuentra limitada la zona central de la sierra (Hidalgo, Puebla y Veracruz) (Fig. 3) .…”

Phoresy of Trichouropoda shcherbakae Hirschmann, 1972 (Acari: Mesostigmata) on beetles of the genus Tetropium Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Białowieża Forest, Poland

“…Therefore they have developed the ability to disperse using other, more mobile animals, such as insects [10][11][12][13]. Phoretic relations between insects and mites have been the subject of numerous research papers, which usually have faunistic character or analyze ecological links [2,10,13]. The phenomenon of mite phoresy on insects that inhabit tree bark (e.g.…”