Poecilochirus

Poecilochirus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Parasitidae
Genus: Poecilochirus
G. & R. Canestrini, 1882
Species
  • Poecilochirus sexclavatus

Poecilochirus is a genus of mites in the family Parasitidae.[1] They feed on fly eggs and larva. At least 14 species of the genus are carried from one food source to another by beetles of multiple genuses in the family Silphidae with whom they often have a symbiotic relationship in protecting the beetle's larva or its food supply from fly larva.[2][3] Reportedly, some nematodes in the family Allantonematidae are parasites of mites in this genus.[4]

Species

References

  1. ^ Joel Hallan, ed. "Parasitidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Parasitidae.txt. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 
  2. ^ Backlund, Doug (1994). "American Burying Beetle". South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Division of Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080430192837/http://www.northern.edu/natsource/ENDANG1/Buryin1.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 
  3. ^ "Decomposition: Mites". Australian Museum. 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20080627013902/http://www.deathonline.net/decomposition/corpse_fauna/mites.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-21. 
  4. ^ Capinera, John L., ed (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer reference (2nd ed.). Dordrecht; London: Springer. p. 756. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1. OCLC 156813127. http://books.google.com/books?id=i9ITMiiohVQC&pg=PA756&lpg=PA756&dq=Poecilochirus&source=bl&ots=VVCrPvfOOO&sig=XeVetjotn7bCD-GYsj-AeuGFTE0&hl=en&ei=4J5oSoPuMdOQtge6vdWyCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2. Retrieved 23 July 2009.