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18 July 2018 A synopsis of host-parasite associations between Trombidioidea (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata, Parasitengona) and arthropod hosts
Magdalena Felska, Andreas Wohltmann, Joanna Mąkol
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Abstract

This comprehensive review of host-parasite associations between larval Trombidioidea and its arthropod hosts includes 676 pair-wise (species-species) associations and is based mainly on published records, supplemented with new findings. For 27% of all nominal species assigned to the superfamily (excl. Trombiculidae and Walchiidae), and for 66% of species known from larvae at least one host record has been hitherto provided. Hosts remain unknown for Allotanaupodidae and Yurebillidae. Both generalist and specialist parasites have been recognized within Trombidioidea. However, for the vast majority of species, the fragmentary data on host-parasite associations do not allow differentiation between common and exceptional hosts, apart from general preferences towards the host group. Hitherto recorded arthropod hosts, exploited by trombidioid larvae, are listed. Ecological data relating to measures of host-parasite interactions are summarized. Names of mites and their hosts are verified and updated and the recent affiliation to higher taxa is followed.

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Magdalena Felska, Andreas Wohltmann, and Joanna Mąkol "A synopsis of host-parasite associations between Trombidioidea (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata, Parasitengona) and arthropod hosts," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(7), 1375-1479, (18 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.7.14
Received: 22 April 2018; Accepted: 19 June 2018; Published: 18 July 2018
KEYWORDS
Arthropoda
host preferences
larva
Terrestrial Parasitengona
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