Mites (Acari) associated with the desert seed harvester ant, Messor pergandei (Mayr)

Psyche (London)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Uppstrom, Kaitlin A ^a   Klompen, Hans ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANYSTIDAE; COSMOGLYPHUS; FUNGI; HISTIOSTOMA; MESSOR PERGANDEI; TETRANYCHIDAE; TYDEIDAE;

EID: 84856956934     PISSN: 00332615     EISSN: 16877438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/974646     Document Type: Article

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