Hitchhiking mites

Burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp), also known as carrion beetles, carry mites. There are about 20 phoretic mites on this Nicrophorus beetle, seen in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence forest near Gravenhurst, Canada, and these mites will remain attached until they arrive at the beetle's next carcass....

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Published in:Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2020-10, Vol.18 (8), p.446-446
Main Author: Dyck, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beetles
Carrion
Coleoptera
Mites
Nicrophorus
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Summary:Burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp), also known as carrion beetles, carry mites. There are about 20 phoretic mites on this Nicrophorus beetle, seen in the Great Lakes-St Lawrence forest near Gravenhurst, Canada, and these mites will remain attached until they arrive at the beetle's next carcass. Here, Dyck describes the association between the burying beetles and mites.
ISSN:1540-9295
1540-9309
DOI:10.1002/fee.2258