A new phoretic mite species with remarks to the phenomenon " Sporothecae" (Acari, Scutacaridae; Hymenoptera, Aculeata)

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-242

  Ebermann, Ernst ^a   Hall, Manfred ^b   Hausl Hofstätter, Ulrike ^c   Jagersbacher Baumann, Julia M ^a   Kirschner, Roland ^d   Pfingstl, Tobias ^a   Plassnig, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SFG Steirische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH   (Austria)

^c Zoologie Studienzentrum Naturkunde   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aculeate phoretic hosts; Geographic and intra specific variability; New mite species; Scutacaridae; Sporotheca

Indexed keywords

BEE; BREEDING; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MITE; NEW SPECIES; REARING; SPORE; WASP;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; GERMANY; POLAND; SLOVAKIA;

ACARI; ACULEATA; APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HYMENOPTERA; IMPARIPES; IMPARIPES APICOLA; IMPARIPES BREGANTI; IMPARIPES HAESELERI; MORTIERELLA; MUTILLIDAE; POMPILIDAE; SCUTACARIDAE;

EID: 84875526723     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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