Phoretic Relationship between Haplochelifer philipi (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae) and Acrocynus longimanus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Panama

Abstract

A phoresy of the pseudoscorpion Haplochelifer philipi (Chamberlin, 1923) in a phoretic association with Acrocinus longimanus was observed in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. A phoretic female found under the elytra of the beetle. This is the first time that H. philipi has been reported in Panama.

First record of phoresy on the genus Oreodera Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) by the pseudoscorpion Cordylochernes scorpioides (Linnaeus, 1758) (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

“…1998). The most common hosts of pseudoscorpions are insects, presenting association with at least 47 families, mainly in the orders Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera (Aguiar & Bührnheim 2000;Martínez et al 2023;Poinar et al 1998).…”