LV.—Studies of Acari.—7th series: “Records and descriptions of mites new to the British fauna, together with short notes on the biology of sundry species

Turk, F.A.; Turk, S.M.

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“…Published reports and our own data show that Poecilochirus carabi associates primarily with species of the silphid genus Nicrophorus, the so-called burying or sexton beetles [Coleoptera: Silphidae] (Kneissl 1914, Vitzthum 1930, Cooreman 1943, Neumann 1943, Turk and Turk 1952, Springett 1968, Micherdzinski 1969, Karg 1971, Yoder 1972, Hyatt 1980, Korn 1983. Ni-crophorus beetles are excellent fliers and are often found feeding at large carcasses, but unlike the other genera in their family (e.g., Oiceoptoma), which oviposit at these large carrion, Nicrophorus beetles reproduce only on small carrion (1 0-70 g), such as birds and mice.…”

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Local Specialization of Phoretic Mites on Sympatric Carrion Beetle Hosts

Brown¹,

Wilson²

1992

Ecology

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. Ecological Society of America is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Ecology. Abstract. Wide-ranging but ecologically variable species and their close relatives provide the best opportunity to analyze the role of trade-offs in specialization. Poecilochirus carabi Can. is a holarctically distributed mite that rides between patches of carrion on the bodies of carrion beetles (Silphidae, Nicrophorus). Using behavioral tests, we demonstrated differences in local host specialization of P. carabi at two sites in Michigan, the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS). At KBS, Nicrophorus orbicollis and N. tomentosus each supported a strict host specialist. These KBS "orbicollisand tomentosus-specialists" differed significantly in both body size and a measure of dorsal setal lengths. Laboratory crosses between specialists were not successful, suggesting that the specialists are distinct species. At UMBS, in contrast, such strong specialists were not found. Mites preferred two beetle species, N. tomentosus or N. defodiens (a species not found at KBS), over all others, but moved between these two species readily. UMBS mites all resembled the KBS tomentosus-specialist in morphology. No orbicollisspecialist mites were found at UMBS, despite the high relative abundance of N. orbicollis in the beetle community.We raised mites from each site on all available hosts to test whether preference for a host species was associated with higher fitness in association with that host species. Although P. carabi were able to reproduce in association with any Nicrophorus species, mites at UMBS had the highest reproductive success on the two species that they preferred. Each KBS specialist mite was raised in association with N. tomentosus and N. orbicollis. While the tomentosus-specialist had significantly higher reproductive success in association with its preferred host species, the orbicollis-specialist showed no difference in reproductive success between the two host species. However, when the pattern of dispersal on beetles was considered, a difference in fitness between the two hosts was apparent. This difference in dispersal pattern was due to an interaction between the parental behavior of the two host species and mite generation time. We discuss the evidence for trade-offs in this system and the use of interspecific comparisons in the analysis of specialization.trade-offs in the evolution of specialization (Futuyma and Moreno 1988, Via 1990). This approach avoids many pitfalls associated with comparisons between species, but also suffers from a lack of power to test the role of specialization in speciation (Rausher 1988...

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Local Specialization of Phoretic Mites on Sympatric Carrion Beetle Hosts

Brown¹,

Wilson²

1992

Ecology

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“…Liponyssus chiropteralis Hirst, 1922: 776. Steatonyssus murinus (Lucas, 1840), Turk & Turk 1952: 484. Ceratonyssus musculi (Koch, 1836 [in part], Thompson 1935: 145 [sensu Thompson 1936.…”

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“…Noctule: (S) Orkney Islands [North Ronaldsay] (this paper). Rhinolophus ferrumequinum: (E) North Somerset* (Hirst 1927), North Devon, Dorset (this paper), Cumberland (Turk & Turk 1952); (W) Pembrokeshire (this paper). Rhinolophus hipposideros: (E) Wiltshire (Turk 1945).…”

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Macronyssus macroscutatus (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae), a new mite species from bats of the genus Nyctalus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in England

Baker

Beccaloni

2006

Systematic and Applied Acarology

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The 16 species of bats that occur in the British Isles are all protected under current legislation, and their conservation is the subject of much scientific research and public concern. Of the many arthropod parasites carried by these bats, mites have colonized the greatest range of niches. This paper presents an annotated list of the 64 species of mite taken from British and Irish bats or their roosts to date. Previous published records are collated and in some cases emended, Steatonyssus noctulus, Alabidocarpus megalonyx, Stomatodex corneti and six as yet unnamed species are reported for the first time, while new host and distributional data are presented. A host-parasite list is provided.

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“…As the result of the above synonymy H . hypudaei is transferred to the genus Garmania Nesbitt, 1951(type Typhlodromus domesticm Oudms., 1929 and the genus Chamolaelaps Hull in Turk & Turk, 1952(type Hypoaspis hypudaei Oudms., 1902 becomes a synonym of Garmania.…”

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Some new and rare species of Acarina.

Evans

1954

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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LV.—Studies of Acari.—7th series: “Records and descriptions of mites new to the British fauna, together with short notes on the biology of sundry species

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Local Specialization of Phoretic Mites on Sympatric Carrion Beetle Hosts

Local Specialization of Phoretic Mites on Sympatric Carrion Beetle Hosts

Macronyssus macroscutatus (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae), a new mite species from bats of the genus Nyctalus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in England

Some new and rare species of Acarina.

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