[Mites associated to the Coleopteran Passalus cognatus (Coleoptera:Passalidae) from Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico].
There are few records of mites associated with the tropical coleopterans of Mexico. We examined 35 passalid beetles (bessbugs) Passalus cognatus from Los Tuxtlas region in Veracruz State, Mexico. Twenty of them had a total of 245 mites (representing eight species, eight genera, eight families and three suborders). The most abundant species were Uroobovella californiana Wisniewski & Hirschmann (35%), Euzercon hyatti Hunter & Rosario (20%), and Uropoda sp. (17.5%). The preferred attachment areas were the coxae; followed by the mesosternum and the humeri. Each beetle had 1 to 40 mites (average: 12); and we found 1-4 mite species per beetle.
Villegas-Guzmán
Gabriel A
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Colección Nacional de Acaros, Departamento Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. A.P. 70-153, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 México, DF. gabrvill@yahoo.com
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Tila M
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Reyes-Castillo
Pedro
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D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons