eggs on a parasite on a parasite?

Epidermoptidae mites

Great photo of mites in the family Epidermoptidae hyperparasitic on a hippoboscid. Species of Myialges and Promyialges have females with this hyperparasitic life style - males and juveniles remain on the bird host. Female mites imbed in the fly abdomen with highly modified first legs. They attach their eggs in a cluster around the female. I see at least 3 female mites in the photo.

… Barry M. OConnor, 23 October, 2014 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

at long last!

Thanks for that, I can completely see the three females and eggs that you're talking about now. I knew if I was patient this site wouldn't let me down :)

… joesapp, 23 October, 2014 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Joe, Epidermoptidae is a new family for the guide

do you happen to have more photos of those? this is our only picture of this mite family, and we need it in the Acari section; in any case, please post a duplicate directly to this page
thanks!

… v belov, 6 November, 2014 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

probably not.

I may have taken some others, but I'm pretty sure I posted the best (least blurry) picture I could find. I'll hunt around in my photo archives to be sure. Somewhere lost in my lab is probably a vial with the original specimen in it. If I ever find it I can take some more pictures of it.

Can you remind me how to post a duplicate on the Acari section? I couldn't figure it out.
Best,

Joe

… joesapp, 6 November, 2014 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

go to the linked page and click the 'add image' command

then fill the form copying data from this image.
thanks!

… v belov, 7 November, 2014 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Done

I did it. Let me know if I can do anything more. I'll be back on here if I find more pics and/or the original specimen.

… joesapp, 7 November, 2014 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

awesome... thanks for the addition, Joe

… v belov, 7 November, 2014 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved

Moved from Louse Flies.

… Matthias Buck, 10 September, 2008 - 11:59am login or register to post comments