Coprophagous hydrophilid beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) as carriers of phoretic deutonymphs of Uropoda orbicularis (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Poland
During a study 20 hydrophilid beetle species and 2,457 individuals of beetles belonging to 4 genera: Cercyon, Cryptopleurum, Megasternum and Sphaeridium were collected. On the surface of the bodies of 59 beetles (2.40% of the beetles collected) belonging to six species, 174 cases of phoresy [55 deut...
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Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
2005-03-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Entomology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200501-0017_Coprophagous_hydrophilid_beetles_Coleoptera_Hydrophilidae_as_carriers_of_phoretic_deutonymphs_of_Uropoda_orb.php |