Browsing Research Output by Subject "Phoresy"
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Birds mediate a fungus-mite mutualism
(Springer, 2018)Mutualisms between ophiostomatoid fungi and arthropods have been well documented. These fungi commonly aid arthropod nutrition and, in turn, are transported to new niches by these arthropods. The inflorescences of Protea ... -
A new genus and species of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2019)A new genus and species of termitophilous microdispid mites, Sidorchukdispus ekaterinae gen. nov. and sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Microdispidae), associated with termites, Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: ... -
A new species of Zambedania (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Pygmephoridae) from the Two Rivers platinum mine in South Africa and notes on the life-cycle of the genus
(Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2016)A new species of relatively poorly known genus Zambedania Mahunka, 1972 was found on the baboon spider, Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in South Africa. Besides the abundantly available ...