Prevalence and host preferences of mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Anactinochaeta) phoretic on swiss bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 35-42

  Schwarz, Horst H ^a   Huck, Kerstin ^b   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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