Expanding the 'enemy-free space' for oribatid mites: Evidence for chemical defense of juvenile Archegozetes longisetosus against the rove beetle Stenus juno

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-97

  Heethoff, Michael ^a,b   Raspotnig, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acari; Chemical ecology; Oribatida; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CUTICLE; ENEMY FREE SPACE; JUVENILE; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; SECRETION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; MITE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SECRETIONS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODILY SECRETIONS; MITES; NYMPH; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; ORIBATIDA; STAPHYLINIDAE; STENUS JUNO;

EID: 84855529154     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9501-1     Document Type: Article

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