Hitchhiking through life: a review of phoresy in Uropodina mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)

Bajerlein, D.; Błoszyk, J.; Halliday, B.; Konwerski, S.

doi:10.1080/24750263.2023.2288847

The European Zoological Journal

2023

DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2288847

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Hitchhiking through life: a review of phoresy in Uropodina mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)

D. Bajerlein,

J. Błoszyk,

B. Halliday

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Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites

Klompen,

Campbell

2024

Insect. Soc.

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Ant nests are biodiversity hot spots, concentrating resources from a wide area that can be exploited by other organisms, known as myrmecophiles. The mite order Mesostigmata includes a wide range of lineages that have become myrmecophiles with many species reliant on ant nests for at least part of their development. The nature of the associations is quite variable, including predators of smaller arthropods in the nest (close to the ancestral lifestyle of these mites), scavengers, kleptoparasites, parasites, and parasitoids. A few mite species show extreme modifications of morphological and/or developmental patterns, others show almost none. Some host specificity is common but one-on-one host specialization is rare or poorly tested. Phoresy on the ants is common, but the target ant caste varies with the goal of phoresy. In general, the diversity of mesostigmatid mites in the nest of a given ant species is affected by habitat conditions along with a range of life history characteristics of the ants, including factors such as body size, colony size, colony founding mode, social parasitism, and nest density. Unfortunately, the life history of the majority of mites associated with ants is still unknown.

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Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites

Klompen,

Campbell

2024

Insect. Soc.

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The complete mitochondrial genome of Uroobovella oviformis (Kontschan & Stary, 2011) (Acari, Urodinychidae) and its phylogenetic position within the order Mesostigmata

Liang,

Shuai,

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International Journal of Acarology

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First Record of Phoretic Mite from Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugiuneus (Olivier,1790) from Basrah, Southern Iraq

Abdullah Najim,

Hussain Ali Jabbar,

Basil Yousuf Mahdi

2024

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The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790), which belongs to the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera, is one of the most important palm pests, which leads to heavy losses in date palms. In the last few years, it has been recorded in Iraq, from Safwan city south of Iraq, where it was detected on date palm trees (Phoenix dactylifera L, Arecales: Arecaceae). In the current study, specimens of adult weevils were collected from infested date palms (Phoenix dactylifera), that showed signs of infection in Safwan district, south of Basra province. The results of the investigation showed the presence of phoretic mites associated with the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790). Two genera of Uropodid mites, deutonymph, were attached by anal pedicel to body parts of adult red palm weevils. They were collected and identified as Centrouropoda (Uropodidae), and Uroovbovella (Urodinychidae), according to accurate taxonomic keys. The differentiation between two genera of mites was studied. The deutonymphs were examined and photographed by an AM Scop camera installed on a light microscope, and the insects were photographed by a LEICA microscope. The infestation symptoms were illustrated with pictures.

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Hitchhiking through life: a review of phoresy in Uropodina mites (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata)

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References 133 publications

Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites

Myrmecophily among mesostigmatid mites

The complete mitochondrial genome of Uroobovella oviformis (Kontschan & Stary, 2011) (Acari, Urodinychidae) and its phylogenetic position within the order Mesostigmata

First Record of Phoretic Mite from Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugiuneus (Olivier,1790) from Basrah, Southern Iraq

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