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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata) » Acaridia » Acaroidea » Acaridae » Boletoglyphus » Boletoglyphus ornatus
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Mites on Forked Fungus Beetle - Boletoglyphus ornatus
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Mites on Forked Fungus Beetle - Boletoglyphus ornatus
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
I can just begin to see legs on these tiny things in this view.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 5 March, 2007 - 8:41am
Last updated 28 August, 2008 - 4:46pm

Bolitotherus mite
The abundant mites on this beetle are phoretic deutonymphs of Boletoglyphus ornatus. This mite lives specifically in the fungus, Ganoderma applanatum, and disperses only on this beetle, whose larvae also live in the conks of this fungus. The feeding stages of the mite have massive chelicerae for crushing the thick walled spores of G. applanatum.
… Barry M. OConnor, 7 March, 2010 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for those extra tidbits, Barry.
I'd like to see those "massive chelicerae" on the feeding stage.
… Jim McClarin, 7 March, 2010 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks.
… Jim McClarin, 28 August, 2008 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

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