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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Mesostigs (Mesostigmata) » Parasitina » Parasitoidea » Parasitidae » Parasitinae » Poecilochirus
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Nicrophorus tomentosus passenger - Poecilochirus
Copyright © 2005 David E. Reed

Nicrophorus tomentosus passenger - Poecilochirus
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA
September 5, 2005
Size: 0.22 cm
Detail from other picture (he flew before I could get the extender for a better close-up)

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Nicrophorus tomentosus - Poecilochirus Nicrophorus tomentosus passenger - Poecilochirus
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 7 September, 2005 - 8:22am
Last updated 26 February, 2007 - 2:42pm

Moved
Moved from Mesostigmata.
… Jim McClarin, 26 February, 2007 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

probably Mesostigmata
Suggested Mesostigmata

Dr. Gilberto Jose de Moraes
USP ESALQ Zoologia
Caixa Postal 09
13418-900 Piracicaba SP
Brazil
… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2007 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 7 February, 2007 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites.
… Jim McClarin, 30 December, 2006 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

So interesting!
The riders seem to like to stay within the yellow spots of the beetle. The same thing happens in Jim's pictures of these beetles and mites.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 September, 2005 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Awesome!
What an awesome image! These are "phoretic" mites, meaning they are only hitching a ride. They will disembark at a carcass and begin feeding on fly eggs, reducing the beetle's competition for carrion.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 September, 2005 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Phoretic Mites
Thanks for the help. The explanation is greatly appreciated.
David
… David E. Reed, 7 September, 2005 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Mite travelers
Oddly, someone else sent me the exact image combination of beetle and passenger yesterday from Ohio. Previously I had never seen an image of these mites but I think if you find carrion beetles then they are common riders.
… Herschel Raney, 7 September, 2005 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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