First record of sporothecae within the mite family Scutacaridae (Acari, Tarsonemina)

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Volumn 242, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-375

  Ebermann, Ernst ^a   Hall, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Eumeninae; New mite species; Phoresy; Scutacaridae; Sphecidae; Sporothecae; Synecology; Wild bees

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MITE; NEW SPECIES; PHORESY; SPORE;

ACARI; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUMENINAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; IMPARIPES; IMPARIPES APICOLA; IMPARIPES HAESELERI; SCUTACARIDAE; SPHECIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 2142641824     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00110     Document Type: Article

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