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Phoresis
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:14:47

a temporary commensalistic relationship when an organism (a phoront or phoretic) attaches itself to a host organism solely for travel. It has been seen...

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Life stages of mites
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:20:02

specialized dispersal stages called phoretic deutonymphs. The majority of mites found on an adult bee will be either a phoretic deutonymph or a female, both...

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Commensalism
Selasa, 2026-08-11 02:39:31

shade the host plant and reduce its rate of photosynthesis. Similarly, phoretic mites may hinder their host by making flight more difficult, which may...

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Varroa destructor
Senin, 2026-06-22 07:10:07

reaching the adult stage, females will leave the brood cell and enter a phoretic stage where mites attach to adult bees in order to disperse. Mites will...

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Poecilochirus
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:35:08

Brown, Jonathan M.; Wilson, David Sloan (1992). "Local Specialization of Phoretic Mites on Sympatric Carrion Beetle Hosts". Ecology. 73 (2): 463–478. doi:10...

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Afrosternophorus anabates
Rabu, 2026-05-20 15:50:35

specific epithet anabates (Greek: 'rider' or 'passenger') refers to the phoretic behaviour shown by some specimens. Body lengths of males are 2.2–2.5 mm;...

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Botfly
Selasa, 2026-08-11 21:31:00

hominis, a species of tick. After mating, the female botfly captures the phoretic insect by holding onto its wings with her legs. She then makes the slip—attaching...

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Flour mite
Jumat, 2026-02-27 00:44:49

male, adult, ventral view A. siro female, adult, ventral view A. siro phoretic deutonymph, ventral view. List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions...

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Blister beetle
Rabu, 2026-07-08 11:40:37

Cretaceous. The oldest fossil of the group is a larva (triangulin) found phoretic on a schizopterid bug from the mid Cretaceous Burmese amber, dated to around...

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Monochamus
Selasa, 2026-08-18 04:45:57

them in water to minimize damage. Some species are known to transport phoretic Bursaphelenchus nematodes, including B. xylophilus which causes pine wilt...

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Jack Kerouac
Kamis, 2026-08-20 02:12:52

film was released in 2013. A species of Indian platygastrid wasp that is phoretic (hitch-hiking) on grasshoppers is named after him as Mantibaria kerouaci...

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Parasitellus
Minggu, 2026-01-04 08:41:21

bees (Bombus). Mite deutonymphs are commonly phoretic on adult bumble bees or cuckoo bumble bees. Phoretic mites prefer queens to other castes (workers...

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Pseudoscorpion
Rabu, 2026-05-06 23:29:06

eating parasites in an example of cleaning symbiosis. Some species are phoretic, while others may sometimes be found feeding on mites under the wing covers...

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Lamprochernes chyzeri
Jumat, 2026-06-05 12:14:54

Sweden, Finland, Norway, England, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia. It is a phoretic passenger of the housefly. "Lamprochernes chyzeri". Retrieved 22 March...

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Bark beetle
Senin, 2026-06-22 23:19:48

flies such as the long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae), and certain phoretic mites. Phoretic mites use the bark beetle to move from one location to the next...

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Bombus hypnorum
Kamis, 2026-06-25 17:31:23

are equally male and female. They maintain a symbiotic relationship with phoretic mites, which they transport, and which probably feed on mushrooms or nest...

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Megalodacne fasciata
Minggu, 2026-08-16 02:41:35

Megalodacne fasciata Adult in Pryor Creek, Oklahoma Note phoretic mite behind left compound eye Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda...

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Chironomidae
Minggu, 2026-08-16 06:40:28

happens on an interspecies level, but also with other commensal and or phoretic organisms. Chironomids have been reported to compete with ciliated protozoan...

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Roubikia
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:35:22

and most likely on fungi. The type species is Chaetodactylus panamensis. Phoretic deutonymph: Gnathosomal solenidion and palp setae present and free palps...

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Figeater beetle
Senin, 2026-06-22 12:15:35

species as a host in a phoretic relationship with the pseudoscorpion species Lustrochernes minor. The first recorded phoretic association between C. mutabilis...

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Housefly
Minggu, 2026-08-23 23:28:13

housefly eggs, each mite eating 20 eggs per day. Houseflies sometimes carry phoretic (nonparasitic) passengers, including mites such as Macrocheles muscaedomesticae...

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Chaetodactylus
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:23:49

that develop in the innermost cells chew their way out of the nest, and phoretic deutonymphs from the opened cells may attach to them. The mites in the...

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Xanthippe
Kamis, 2026-05-07 02:50:21

mite that inhabits flowers of palms of the genus Socratea and is probably phoretic on the beetles that pollinate the palm. A species of African white-toothed...

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Silphinae
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 01:07:20

relationships with other organisms. Nicrophorini have a mutual relationship with phoretic mites. Mites from the genus Poecilochirus produce deutonymphs that crawl...

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Scarabaeus sacer
Minggu, 2026-05-03 16:10:51

dung after the egg hatches. Scarabaeus sacer serves as the host for the phoretic mite Macrocheles saceri. Scarabaeus sacer is the most famous of the scarab...

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Braulidae
Jumat, 2026-03-13 14:29:38

Braula and Megabraula. They are found in honey bee colonies due to their phoretic, inquiline, and kleptoparasitic relationships with the bees. Similar in...

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Climaciella brunnea
Kamis, 2026-08-06 09:25:11

pollinator. First instar larvae of this species are campodeiform and will use phoretic behavior in an attempt to find an adult spider. C. brunnea specializes...

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Bat fly
Rabu, 2025-01-15 02:17:25

of bats in New Zealand. They are wingless, have reduced eyes, and are phoretic on bats. Bertola, Patrícia Beloto; Aires, Caroline Cotrim; Favorito, Sandra...

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Ascomycota
Jumat, 2026-07-10 23:26:56

Heino; Blomquist, Stacy R.; Kirisits, Thomas (February 2010). "Do mites phoretic on elm bark beetles contribute to the transmission of Dutch elm disease...

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Self-propulsion
Minggu, 2026-07-26 01:00:59

self-propelling have been introduced and investigated, which exploited phoretic effects, gradient surfaces, breaking the wetting symmetry of a droplet...

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Millipede
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:44:52

orders Mesostigmata and Astigmata. Many of these mites are believed to be phoretic rather than parasitic, which means that they use the millipede host as...

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Chaetodactylus krombeini
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 23:25:10

krombeini mites copulating Life stages of Chaetodactylus krombeini; non-phoretic deutonymph and male not shown. Chaetodactylus krombeini female lateral...

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Attaphila
Rabu, 2026-06-17 08:38:22

Attaphila are wingless and males have reduced wings. The cockroaches are phoretic and can disperse to new host colonies by riding on virgin host queens (female...

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Mite
Minggu, 2026-08-16 09:23:00

onto an insect or other animal, and gets transported to another place. A phoretic mite is just a hitch-hiker and does not feed during the time it is carried...

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Black fly
Senin, 2026-08-17 04:06:28

during emergence. The larva of some South African species are known to be phoretic on mayfly nymphs.[citation needed] Adult males and females feed on water...

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Pseudolynchia canariensis
Jumat, 2026-03-13 21:42:19

Ischnoceran lice are often found on several hippoboscid flies. This is a phoretic association, meaning the lice catch a ride on the flies to move between...

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American carrion beetle
Sabtu, 2026-06-13 03:52:50

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6744 Hilton Jr., Bill (May 2004). "Carrion Beetles & Phoretic Mites: Masters of Animal Decomposition". This week at Hilton Pond. Hilton...

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Pelzneria
Selasa, 2025-12-09 02:52:32

most often associated with small vertebrate carrion, and most species are phoretic on silphid beetles of the genus Nicrophorus. Pelzneria afluctuosa Mahunka...

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Velocipedidae
Kamis, 2026-03-26 21:49:26

and fliers, thought to be predators. Their bodies are often covered in phoretic mites. Many specimens have been taken at lights. Some fossil species have...

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Odontotaenius striatopunctatus
Kamis, 2025-11-27 14:23:24

Castillo, Maria Luisa; Villegas-Guzmán, Gabriel A. (10 April 2016). "Phoretic relationship between Lustrochernes grossus (Pseudoscorpionida: Chernetidae)...

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Nicrophorus pustulatus
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 02:29:44

evolution of this species. N. pustulatus has coevolved with mites, which are phoretic on the beetle hosts. Mites in their final juvenile stage grab on to the...

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Candiru (fish)
Senin, 2026-08-17 14:12:55

piramutaba, and gilded catfish (though these are apparently instances of phoretic "hitchiking"), and all species in the subfamily are known to enter the...

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Cryptoses choloepi
Jumat, 2026-05-29 10:58:07

feed from. The relationship between Cryptoses choloepi and sloths is "phoretic rather than parasitic," because "Cryptoses benefit from being carried by...

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Psylloglyphus
Selasa, 2025-12-09 03:04:24

spermathecal duct being long with 5-6 loops. Mites of these genus are phoretic on fleas. They have been collected from under the abdominal sclerites of...

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Phytochory
Kamis, 2026-07-23 09:53:54

free-floating plant should not be considered an example of phytochory; phoretic agents are only those plant substrata that have not undergone significant...

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Cis castaneus
Jumat, 2026-04-10 02:02:28

which grows on the stump of trees a few centimeters above ground. It is phoretic on C. castaneus. Slos, Dieter; Sudhaus, Walter; Stevens, Lewis; Bert, Wim;...

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Cosmopolites sordidus
Selasa, 2025-06-03 17:45:10

Banana weevil with phoretic mites from Mindanao, Philippines...

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Springtail
Minggu, 2026-08-23 22:02:14

Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations". PLOS ONE. 7 (10) e47651. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...747651P. doi:10...

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Nuclear winter
Rabu, 2026-08-12 00:02:01

takes for the "phoretic effect" to move coagulated particles to a lower level in the atmosphere. Whether by coagulation or the phoretic effect, once the...

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Nanocladius
Jumat, 2026-03-13 14:24:14

be considered a subgenus of Nanocladius. Boonsoong, Boonsatien (2016). "Phoretic associations between Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae) and...

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Nicrophorus vespilloides
Selasa, 2026-06-23 10:42:08

Bleue bog area near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. There are also a number of phoretic (hitch-hiking) mites that are associated with N. vespilloides. These include...

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Nicrophorus vespillo
Rabu, 2026-03-25 09:55:12

Nicrophorus vespillo transporting phoretic Poecilochirus mites...

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Acaridae
Senin, 2026-06-22 22:08:56

associated with certain bees, associated with scarabaeid beetles (riding phoretically on live beetles and feeding on dead beetles) or feeding on mushrooms...

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Caenorhabditis angaria
Rabu, 2025-05-28 20:18:17

wave and are transported by adult weevils. The association is probably phoretic, although C. angaria can develop on dead weevils. This species groups with...

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New Zealand bat fly
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:04:28

similar looking bat flies, this species is not a parasite and is only phoretic, feeding on bat guano. It appears to be the only insect, parasitic or otherwise...

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Lucanus cervus
Rabu, 2026-07-08 21:10:09

(Corvus cornix). Mites in the order Monogynaspida (Suborder Uropodina) are phoretic (attached for the purpose of transportation) and have been observed attached...

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Euphaea masoni
Rabu, 2026-05-20 11:32:14

China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. It is found near streams. Phoretic associations between larvae of Nanocladius asiaticus (Diptera, Chironomidae)...

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Acarinarium
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:18:56

mites and the host organism. There are numerous cases where mites are phoretic on organisms that benefit from the mites' presence; cases where the host's...

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Colony collapse disorder
Selasa, 2026-08-18 11:40:38

(workers, nurse bees, larvae) depending on their life cycle stage. During the phoretic stage, Varroa prefer to attach to nurse bees as this results in higher...

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Mycangium
Senin, 2026-03-02 12:34:09

fungi weaken the defense response from the host plant. Some species of phoretic mites that ride on the beetles, have their own type of mycangium, but for...

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Pierre Lesne
Sabtu, 2025-08-09 09:21:06

Marquardt, Tomasz; Seniczak, Anna (2022-12-30). "Linked seasonality between a phoretic mite and its moth fly host (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata and Diptera: Psychodidae)"...

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Wolbachia
Senin, 2026-08-10 15:51:00

(ed.). "The Intracellular Bacterium Wolbachia Uses Parasitoid Wasps as Phoretic Vectors for Efficient Horizontal Transmission". PLOS Pathogens. 11 (2)...

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Nymphister kronaueri
Selasa, 2026-03-17 10:36:00

40 mm wide. Nymphister kronaueri is noted for its unusual mechanism of phoretic transport - it uses its mouthparts (the mandibles) to attach itself to...

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Lists of Lepidoptera by region
Selasa, 2026-03-10 23:07:32

000 meters above sea level. Some lepidopteran species exhibit symbiotic, phoretic, or parasitic life-styles, inhabiting the bodies of organisms rather than...

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Listrophoridae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 13:13:51

N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription...

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Army ant
Kamis, 2026-08-20 04:06:02

While some guests follow the colony emigrations on foot, many others are phoretically transported, for example by attaching themselves on army ant workers...

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Aphrastomedes
Kamis, 2025-05-08 17:30:41

ventral surface of thorax and abdomen, hinting at an association with phoretic mites shared with living Velocipedidae. Insect paleobiota of Burmese amber...

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Caenorhabditis
Rabu, 2025-11-26 03:54:50

species can be classified as 'phoretic' or 'necromenic' based on their relationships to their invertebrate hosts. A phoretic worm rides on the host until...

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Cyphoderus similis
Jumat, 2024-12-06 03:50:49

Retrieved 2019-09-24. Moser, J C; Blomquist, S R (1 September 2011). "Phoretic Arthropods of the Red Imported Fire Ant in Central Louisiana". Annals of...

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Astigmatina
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:28:59

bees, which feed within bee nests. The genus Chaetodactylus can form both phoretic deutonymphs (to disperse to new nests on adult bees) and immobile deutonymphs...

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Bombus bellicosus
Kamis, 2026-04-30 07:48:12

extinction in bee species Bumblebees are known to be a host to many types of phoretic mites. Around 34% of B. bellicosus sampled in a study were found to be...

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Neurhermes
Senin, 2025-09-29 22:26:39

"Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) asiaticus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) phoretic on dobsonfly and fishfly larvae (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)". Aquatic Insects...

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Diffusiophoresis and diffusioosmosis
Minggu, 2026-08-16 08:50:05

321–335. doi:10.1016/0001-8686(82)85022-7. Ruckenstein, Eli (1981). "Can phoretic motions be treated as interfacial tension gradient driven phenomena?"....

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Entoprocta
Minggu, 2026-06-28 22:52:19

1744-7410.2000.tb00107.x. Tracy, B.H.; Hazelwood, D.H. (November 1983). "The phoretic association of Urnatella gracilis (Entoprocta: Urnatellidae) and Nanocladius...

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Apalus bimaculatus
Senin, 2026-05-18 02:27:18

corpse. The first instar of larvae, the triungulins, are thought to be phoretic and to be carried to the host's nest by attaching themselves to the adult...

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Uropodidae
Minggu, 2026-06-28 02:49:56

preferentially attacks pupae of soldier and male ants. Uropodidae are phoretic on larger arthropods, meaning that they attach to larger arthropods to...

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Macrochelidae
Selasa, 2026-06-23 09:43:57

are believed to be facultatively parasitic on their hosts, rather than phoretic. An example is Macrocheles muscaedomesticae on flies. Other macrochelids...

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Kuzinia
Rabu, 2026-07-29 21:31:27

Phoretic deutonymphs of bee mite genus Kuzinia on bumblebee Bombus affinis....

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Arrenurus
Jumat, 2024-10-04 09:41:27

other is phoresy or using the host for transportation. Many mites are phoretic - the benefits being dispersal, fresh habitat, and expanding the gene pool...

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Histiostomatidae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 08:19:33

to attach to arthropods for phoretic transport from one habitat to another. The mites use various insect groups as phoretic carriers such as beetles, flies...

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2025 in arthropod paleontology
Rabu, 2026-08-19 02:19:09

Liu, Y. (2025). "A new whip scorpion (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) with a phoretic mite (Acariformes: Trochometridiidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber"...

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Emersonella
Jumat, 2025-11-14 03:21:19

hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Several species are known to be phoretic parasitoids of female tortoise beetles, laying their eggs in the eggs of...

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Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 15:24:59

surveyed are the mites that live in flowers visited by hummingbirds and are phoretic on these flower-visiting birds. Four subspecies are recognized: Calyptrogyne...

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Histiostoma
Jumat, 2025-06-20 05:55:36

nymph, where it feeds on bacteria and develops. Histiostoma ovalis is phoretic on the bark beetle Ips sexdentatus, meaning it temporarily attaches to...

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Mesostigmata
Selasa, 2026-06-23 10:07:14

is common in the Mesostigmata. For example, the freshwater species are phoretic on flies of families Tipulidae, Ceratopogonidae, and Culicidae. Varroa...

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Paratemnoides nidificator
Senin, 2026-03-16 13:02:18

be carried to another site. Known phoretic hosts include true bugs, beetles, neuropterans, and earwigs. The phoretic host is consumed upon arrival to a...

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Two-spotted bumble bee
Minggu, 2025-10-19 15:40:23

the propodia, the first abdominal segment in bees. These mites, being phoretic, likely just use the bee as a means of transport. It is unknown what effect...

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Caenorhabditis plicata
Jumat, 2026-05-15 00:05:57

the genus Caenorhabditis. It was described on carrion in Germany and is phoretic on carrion visiting beetles. Its genome was sequenced by the University...

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Nigronia serricornis
Selasa, 2025-02-04 19:14:42

1365-2427.1989.tb01382.x. Gotceitas, Vytenis; Mackay (26 June 1980). "The phoretic association of Nanocladius (Nanocladius) recrineruis (Kieffer) (Diptera:...

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Yanghugou Formation
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:43:28

Carbolohmannia C. maimaiphilus Mixonomata (Oribatida) Earliest phoretic mite known, phoretic on the insect Miamia maimai Laevitealliocaris L. xiaheyanensis...

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Dendroctonus valens
Senin, 2026-08-03 00:50:56

that vary with environmental factors. This complex interplay may involve phoretic mites, which are known to carry vector fungi between trees and beetles...

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Xeniaria truncata
Rabu, 2026-04-15 13:03:57

13 April 2026. Hastriter, Michael (17 February 2017). "New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription...

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Azteca alpha
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 05:59:14

which adult and juvenile F. myrmenema are present. Individual examples of phoretic F myrmenema are preserved in a dauer stage that was possibly carried in...

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Active matter
Senin, 2026-07-27 06:58:23

Experiments on synthetic systems include self-propelled colloids (e.g., phoretically propelled particles), driven granular matter (e.g. vibrated monolayers)...

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Microsania
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 03:39:15

Unlike other members of the family, adults often carry variable loads of phoretic mites. The larval habits remain unknown, but some associated mites have...

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Chionea
Selasa, 2025-10-21 23:42:40

pupa and cannot yet move properly. These nematodes are presumed to be phoretic, meaning that they use the snow fly as a mechanism for dispersal, and not...

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Ant mimicry
Minggu, 2026-08-16 12:05:20

Eciton burchellii army ants may contain some 20,000 inquiline mites. The phoretic mite Planodiscus (Uropodidae) attaches itself to the tibia of its host...

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Macrocheles pisentii
Kamis, 2025-12-18 06:04:31

2020-01-25. Lumaret, Jean-Pierre; Niogret, Jerome (2016-07-28). "Review of the phoretic association between coprophilous insects and macrochelid mites (Acari:...

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Haemogamasus
Selasa, 2024-11-19 04:14:20

N. 2007. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico:...

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Ips cembrae
Kamis, 2026-08-20 13:52:17

Cryptaphelenchus, and Parasitorhabditis endoparasites, Micoletzkya under the wings as phoretic parasites. Laimaphelenchus and Bursaphelenchus are found in the frass....

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Schwiebea
Kamis, 2026-03-12 04:51:35

environments (fish farms, aquariums, swimming pools). Some species attach phoretically to arthropods such as bark beetles, millipedes and ticks. Some species...

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Ramin Golestanian
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:13:43

ISSN 0031-9007. Golestanian, R; Liverpool, T B; Ajdari, A (15 May 2007). "Designing phoretic micro- and nano-swimmers". New Journal of Physics. 9 (5): 126–126. arXiv:cond-mat/0701168...

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John C. Moser
Rabu, 2026-07-29 04:49:56

major mite-taxa from around the world, with most of them representing phoretic species, which use insects to be carried to their new habitats. Moser described...

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Winterschmidtiidae
Selasa, 2026-03-24 01:31:00

a new species of flea from Mindanao Island, the Philippines and their phoretic mites, and miscellaneous flea records from the Malay Archipelago". ZooKeys...

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Gastropod-borne parasitic disease
Selasa, 2026-06-23 07:21:12

types of symbiotic relationships with gastropods, with some species have phoretic, parasitic, paratenic, or pathogenic relationships with their gastropod...

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Polistes gallicus
Senin, 2026-03-30 15:33:58

multiple Xenos parasites. They tend to infect these wasps either through phoretic transport. Here, the parasite's first instar larvae are able to attach...

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Blattisociidae
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:25:51

walteri adults live beneath the elytra of carabid beetles, Cheiroseius are phoretic on crane flies, and blattisociids associated with tropical flowers use...

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Prolistrophorus bakeri
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 21:33:41

N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription...

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March Mammal Madness
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 18:50:06

anemone, fire coral & algae, Bornean bat & pitcher plant, burying beetles & phoretic mites, fork-tailed drongo & sociable weaver, ants & aphids, antlion, stonecat...

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Caenorhabditis monodelphis
Jumat, 2025-06-13 14:58:27

which grew on the stump of a tree a few centimeters above ground. It is phoretic on beetles of the species Cis castaneus. C. monodelphis (C. sp. 1) groups...

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Meloe franciscanus
Senin, 2023-06-19 01:00:50

Retrieved 2018-04-29. Saul-Gershenz, Leslie S.; Millar, Jocelyn G. (2006). "Phoretic nest parasites use sexual deception to obtain transport to their host's...

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Tessaratomidae
Senin, 2026-05-18 00:14:01

feeding. This behavior is known as "nymphal phoresy" (used adjectivally as "phoretic"). In the Indonesian species Pygoplatys tenangau, females will cover the...

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2018 in arthropod paleontology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:17:15

pseudoscorpion attached to barbules of a contour feather, possibly documenting a phoretic association between pseudoscorpions and Mesozoic birds, is described from...

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Ascidae
Senin, 2026-06-22 22:58:19

Arctoseius are phoretic on adults of mushroom sciarid fly, Lycoriella auripila (whose eggs and larvae they consume), while aquatic ascids are phoretic on adult...

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Antennoseius
Minggu, 2025-12-14 11:15:25

phoretic morph. The free-living morph has much of its soft body cuticle with microtubercles superimposed on striae and on the shields. The phoretic morph...

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Laelaps (mite)
Senin, 2026-04-20 13:41:23

Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". The American...

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Coelopa pilipes
Jumat, 2026-03-13 17:15:55

Andre S.; Stewart, Katie M.; Edward, Dominic A. (2009-12-01). "Sex-Biased Phoretic Mite Load on Two Seaweed Flies: Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes". Environmental...

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Ameroseiidae
Minggu, 2026-03-22 15:25:31

species of Ameroseiidae are phoretic on insects or other animals, riding these to disperse to new habitats. Others are non-phoretic and disperse using air...

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Suidasia
Selasa, 2026-03-10 12:19:16

not form phoretic deutonymphs (an immature stage specialized for dispersal via attaching to other animals). They may still disperse phoretically but as...

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Melicharidae
Selasa, 2026-06-23 10:04:36

associated with animals may be phoretic on them. For example, species of genera Proctolaelaps, Rhinoseius and Tropicoseius are phoretic on hummingbirds. Some species...

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Necromeny
Jumat, 2025-07-18 13:03:14

S2CID 20109475. Al-Deeb MA, Muzaffar SB, Sharif EM (2012). "Interactions between phoretic mites and the Arabian rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes agamemnon arabicus". Journal...

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Harlequin beetle
Senin, 2025-11-10 09:39:46

Torres-Bejarano, A.M. (2016). "New geographic distribution record of the phoretic association between the cerambycid beetle Acrocinus longimanus and the...

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Self-propelled particles
Senin, 2026-08-17 22:50:54

1038/s41565-019-0578-8. PMID 31740796. S2CID 208168622. Golestanian, Ramin (2022). "Phoretic Active Matter". academic.oup.com: 230–293. arXiv:1909.03747. doi:10...

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Bombus vosnesenskii
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 23:30:02

receptivity. For the Bombus vosnesenskii, parasitic organisms include the phoretic mite species Kuzinia and the protozoan Crithidia bombi. Both of these parasites...

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Oryzomysia oryzomys
Rabu, 2025-12-10 11:25:51

N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription...

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Nanopore sequencing
Kamis, 2026-08-13 16:52:57

molecule translocates via a combination of electro-phoretic, electro-osmotic and sometimes thermo-phoretic forces. Inside the pore the molecule occupies a...

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Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
Minggu, 2023-02-05 06:43:54

Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". American...

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Velvet-fronted nuthatch
Jumat, 2026-07-03 09:07:24

flycatchers (Rhipidura and Ficedula), possibly because these parasites are phoretic, travelling across hosts via blowflies. The velvet-fronted nuthatch is...

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Marsh shrew
Selasa, 2026-06-30 00:21:28

July 2007). "Host and distribution lists of mites (acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico:...

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Arixenia camura
Sabtu, 2024-03-09 09:50:02

Svenson, G. J., Martin, G. J., & Whiting, M. F. (2017). New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription...

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Xylocopa darwini
Selasa, 2026-03-31 18:48:52

parasitized by the blister beetle Cissites maculata, and the two species have a phoretic relationship. The presence of both the bees and parasitoid beetles on the...

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Xylocopa caffra
Selasa, 2026-03-31 17:19:03

of pollen and nectar. The females have a mutualistic association with phoretic mites that are transported from nest to nest in an abdominal chamber, called...

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Dispersal vector
Minggu, 2026-06-14 21:56:26

Serramo; Filizola, Bruno; Deiss, Isabela; Rios, Ricardo Iglesias (2005). "Phoretic Behaviour of Bromeliad Annelids (Dero) and Ostracods (Elpidium) using Frogs...

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Dauer larva
Rabu, 2026-08-12 23:15:50

Free-living ancestors that do not associate with a larger species, 2) phoretic relationships in which nematodes superficially attach to a larger animal...

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Cladochaeta (fly)
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 10:44:46

and concluded the flies were feeding on the spittle produced, and only phoretic on the bug. This was the conclusion largely reached also by Bennett (1965)...

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Chloronia
Selasa, 2026-07-21 00:56:26

108–114. doi:10.2307/1467727. ISSN 0887-3593. de la Rosa, Carlos L. (1992). "Phoretic Associations of Chironomidae (Diptera) on Corydalidae (Megaloptera) in...

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Radfordia palustris
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 21:32:58

N. 2007. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico:...

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Halictus sexcinctus
Senin, 2025-06-09 09:27:54

of a new species of Histiostoma Kramer, 1876 (Acari: Histiostomatidae) phoretic on the solitary bee Halictus sexcinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera:...

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Listrophorus
Selasa, 2025-05-27 11:08:09

Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". The American...

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Bursaphelenchus
Minggu, 2024-02-18 01:03:39

they are known to cause the death of living trees. These nematodes are phoretic, dispersed between trees when their dauer larvae are transported by insects...

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Nepenthes mirabilis
Senin, 2026-03-02 08:17:36

midges, and B. mirabilis. It is speculated that this nematode might have a phoretic relationship with one or more infaunal insect species. In southern China...

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Prolistrophorus grassii
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 21:33:21

N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription...

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Formicodiplogaster
Jumat, 2025-03-07 13:25:06

colonies in which adult and juvenile F myrmenema are present. Examples of phoretic F myrmenema are preserved as individuals in a dauer stage that was possibly...

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Tarsonemus
Jumat, 2026-03-06 17:41:02

Moser JC, Konrad H, Blomquist SR, Kirisits T (February 2010). "Do mites phoretic on elm bark beetles contribute to the transmission of Dutch elm disease...

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Camas pocket gopher
Jumat, 2026-05-22 03:47:08

July 2007). "Host and distribution lists of mites (acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico:...

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Paraxenos
Selasa, 2026-08-11 00:17:54

to their hosts. Paraxenos larvae lack a jumping mechanism due to their phoretic nature. Adult males have four antennal four antennal segments, a thin sclerotized...

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Ornithophily
Kamis, 2026-06-04 00:12:55

Proctolaelaps, Tropicoseius and Rhinoseius, family Ascidae) have evolved a phoretic mode of life, climbing into the nostrils of hummingbirds that visit flowers...

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List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
Jumat, 2026-01-30 22:48:19

Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". American...

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Arixenia esau
Minggu, 2026-05-17 23:49:39

J.; Martin, Gavin J.; Whiting, Michael (2017-02-17). "New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription...

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Clustering of self-propelled particles
Kamis, 2026-07-16 03:30:16

Holger (10 June 2014). "Dynamic Clustering and Chemotactic Collapse of Self-Phoretic Active Particles". Physical Review Letters. 112 (23) 238303. arXiv:1403...

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Uropodina
Selasa, 2026-06-23 16:24:30

wood of beech, oak, pine, spruce, linden and hornbeam. Many species are phoretic on other animals such as insects. During the deutonymph stage of their...

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Rebecca Kilner
Jumat, 2026-02-20 06:35:27

beetles which lose out in fights with larger beetles can benefit from the phoretic mite Poecilochirus carabi, which helps them to warm up and enables them...

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2024 in arthropod paleontology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 15:35:24

Riquelme, F.; Villegas-Guzmán, G.; Víctor, J.; Estrada-Ruiz, E. (2024). "A phoretic pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheliferidae: Hysterochelifer) from the...

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Coelopa frigida
Rabu, 2026-06-24 22:13:53

24 July 2011. Gilburn, AS; Stewart, KM; Edward, DA (2009). "Sex-biased phoretic mite load on two seaweed flies: Coelopa frigida and Coelopa pilipes" (PDF)...

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Nicrophorus orbicollis
Rabu, 2026-03-25 09:53:59

Brown, Jonathan M. & Wilson, David Sloan (1992). "Local specialization of phoretic mites on sympatric carrion beetle hosts". Ecology. 73 (2): 463–478. Bibcode:1992Ecol...

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Meloe americanus
Selasa, 2026-03-31 08:25:34

larval cells occurs in 60-90 days. M. americanus triungulin larvae have a phoretic relationship with wild bees and parasitize their larval cells. Bees and...

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Myolaimidae
Senin, 2026-05-18 09:05:27

and life history of Myolaimus byersi n. sp. (Myolaimina: Myolaimidae), a phoretic associate of the crane fly, Limonia schwarzi (Alexander) (Limoniidae),...

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2021 in paleoentomology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 15:34:07

new genus of Cantharidae from Eocene Baltic amber found in Poland, with phoretic mites". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 21 (2): 105–110. Muona, J. (2021)...

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Cloud-dwelling spiny pocket mouse
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 05:36:49

noted for H. nubicolens. A species of tineid moth (Amydria selvae) is phoretic to H. nubicolens, meaning it uses the mouse for dispersal. Further, both...

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2023 in arthropod paleontology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:18:34

preserved mite Congovidia glesoconomorphi sp. nov. (Acari: Hemisarcoptidae) phoretic on a mycterid beetle". Palaeoentomology. 6 (6): 665–678. Bibcode:2023Plegy...

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Laelaps manguinhosi
Kamis, 2023-06-01 21:51:23

N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription...

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La Toca Formation
Senin, 2025-09-29 20:09:14

Ephemeroptera-Collembola symbiosis fossilized in amber predicts contemporary phoretic associations", PLoS One, 7 (10) e47651, Bibcode:2012PLoSO...747651P, doi:10...

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Sappinia pedata
Senin, 2025-06-16 19:17:12

association with S. anomala suggests that the amoebae may also be dispersed phoretically by the same mites that carry the fungus due to their ability to adhere...

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Eulaema meriana
Kamis, 2026-07-02 00:26:01

fuscatus, a meloid beetle, was observed to emerge from one studied nest. The phoretic larva of the meloid attaches itself to the bee and is carried back to the...

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2018 in archosaur paleontology
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:04:26

pseudoscorpion attached to barbules of a contour feather, possibly documenting a phoretic association between pseudoscorpions and Mesozoic birds, is described from...

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Androlaelaps fahrenholzi
Senin, 2025-03-10 00:46:38

N. 2007. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico:...

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