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E. S. BINNS 《Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society》1982,57(4):571-620
I. The dispersive role of mite phoresy, which has merely been presumed, is presented in the light of modern theories of migration with the aim of its characterization behaviourally, ecologically and physiologically. II. Data on phoresy accords well with modern, behavioural definitions of migration, as a phase of the depression of growth-promoting functions, during which the phoretic mite is transported while it shows a special readiness for being moved. III. Thus, modern definitions of migration encompass ‘passive’ movements which, none the less, involve active phases of seeking out of the host. IV. An examination of mite loads suggests that phoresy is most effective where the host gathers within the range of the mite; hence the association of phoresy with micro-habitats between which the mite requires to be carried. Monocultural plant-stands and ecological climaxes are not characterized by phoretic associations. V. The role of phoretic mites in colonization is clarified, in that phoretic migration is associated with sub-climactic communities. Thus, phoresy is invited where habitats are discrete and temporary, in which case it is manifest, as typical of migration, as a means of colonizing and exploiting irregularly changing habitats by r-selected, pre-reproductive individuals. VI. Waiting-stages, marked by the depression of growth-promoting functions, occur within the life-cycle of the phoretic mite. The ‘hypopus facies' characterize the typical phoretic stage, whose association with the host is an adaptation for survival in extreme environments. VII. Attachment pattern is a function of specificity towards the host. Structural and behavioural adaptations for attachment are developed and some sensory mechanisms have been shown, as have some physiological relationships with changes in the substrate; these changes also affect detachment. VIII. That phoresy is not caused by unfavourable conditions but is related to those that allow optimum dispersal is supported by sound evidence. IX. Physiologically, waiting stages have analogies with diapause which, together with migration, have been characterized by a temporary failure of the migrant to respond, by further growth and development, to the conditions that will eventually promote these processes. X. With phoresy are contrasted relations, between mite and insect, where the association is assured and more or less permanent. XI. The study of phoresy is very fragmented. However, a case has now been made for putting the dispersive role of phoresy beyond presumption, so that phoretic associations can clearly be fitted into modern treatments of migration. 相似文献
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Unidentified uropodid mite deutonymphs have been found in phoretic association with a late‐instar larva of Wiseana cervinata (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). This is thought to be the first record of phoresy between such mites and a lepidopteran larva. Scanning electron micrographs of the mites and their attachments are presented. 相似文献
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Jerzy Błoszyk Jerzy M. Gutowski Dariusz J. Gwiazdowicz Anna Mądra 《Central European Journal of Biology》2013,8(10):986-992
The aim of this study was to assess the phoretic relationship between two beetle species of the genus Tetropium and mites from order Mesostigmata. The study was conducted in the Bia?owie?a Forest, which is recognized as one of Europe’s last natural forest areas. Insects were caught over a period of 8 weeks in 72 attractant traps (type Intercept IPM). In total 1250 specimens of genus Tetropium were collected. We analyzed 524 beetles, including 295 specimens of T. castaneum and 229 specimens of T. fuscum. On 49 beetles (9.4%) there were 785 individuals of Trichouropoda shcherbakae (Trematuridae). Mites were more common on T. fuscum, which carried 82% of all collected deutonymphs. Most of the mites found on beetles were attached to their legs. This study reports on changes in the intensity of phoresy in time and location of mite deutonymphs on their host species. 相似文献
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Most nests of brood-caring insects are colonized by a rich community of mite species. Since these nests are ephemeral and scattered in space, phoresy is the principal mode of dispersal in mites specializing on insect nests. Often the mites will arrive on the nest-founding insect, reproduce in the nest and their offspring will disperse on the insect's offspring. A literature review shows that mites reproducing in the underground brood chambers of burying beetles use alternative routes for dispersal. For example, the phoretic instars of Poecilochirus spp. (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) disperse early by attaching to the parent beetles. Outside the brood chamber, the mites switch host at carcasses and pheromone-emitting male beetles, where juvenile and mature burying beetles of several species congregate. Because they preferably switch to beetles that are reproductively active and use all species of burying beetles within their ranges, they have a good chance of arriving in a new brood chamber. Other mite associates of burying beetles (Alliphis necrophilus and Uropodina) disperse from the brood chamber on the beetle offspring. We suggest that these mites forgo the possible time gain of dispersing early on the parent beetles because their mode of attachment precludes host switching. Their phoretic instars, once attached, have to stay on their host and so only dispersing on the beetle offspring guarantees that they are present on reproducing burying beetles of the next season. The mites associated with burying beetles providean example of multiple solutions to one life history problem – how to find a new brood chamber for reproduction. Mites that have mobile phoretic instars disperse on the parent beetles and try to arrive in the next brood chamber by host switching. They are independent of the generation cycle of a single host and several generations of mites per host generation are possible. Mites that are constrained by their mode of attachment disperse on the beetle offspring and wait until their host becomes mature and reproduces. By doing this they synchronize their generation time with the generation time of their host species. Exp Appl Acarol 22: 621–631 © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers 相似文献
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Andrew W. Bartlow Salvatore J. Agosta 《Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society》2021,96(1):223-246
Phoresy is a type of interaction in which one species, the phoront, uses another species, the dispersal host, for transportation to new habitats or resources. Despite being a widespread behaviour, little is known about the ecology and evolution of phoresy. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive review of phoretic dispersal in animals and to bring renewed attention to this subject. We surveyed literature published between 1900 and 2020 to understand the extent of known higher-level taxonomic diversity (phyla, classes, and orders) and functional aspects of animals that use phoretic dispersal. Species dispersing phoretically have been observed in at least 13 animal phyla, 25 classes, and 60 orders. The majority of known phoronts are arthropods (Phylum Euarthropoda) in terrestrial habitats, but phoronts also occur in freshwater and marine environments. Marine phoronts may be severely under-represented in the literature due to the relative difficulty of studying these systems. Phoronts are generally small with low mobility and use habitats or resources that are ephemeral and/or widely dispersed. Many phoronts are also parasites. In general, animals that engage in phoresy use a wide variety of morphological and behavioural traits for locating, attaching to, and detaching from dispersal hosts, but the exact mechanisms behind these activities are largely unknown. In addition to diversity, we discuss the evolution of phoresy including the long-standing idea that it can be a precursor to parasitism and other forms of symbioses. Finally, we suggest several areas of future research to improve our understanding of phoresy and its ecological and evolutionary significance. 相似文献
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G.W. Krantz 《Experimental & applied acarology》1998,22(3):125-137
The Macrochelidae is a cosmopolitan family of predatory mesostigmatic mites, many of which occupy specialized and often unstable habitats. Most known species have adapted to life in dung deposits where prey is plentiful and the potential exists for rapid population growth. Phoresy on co-occurring flying insects plays a vital role in assuring niche continuity for macrochelids in these ephemeral substrates. A brief general review of some of the earlier highlights of macrochelid research is presented, followed by a discussion of the emergence of phoresy as a major survival strategy in the Macrochelidae associated with dung beetles. Special emphasis is placed on the behavioural and chemical mechanisms that mediate phoretic specificity of macrochelid species in the unique n-dimensional universes of their scarab hosts. Phylogenetic analysis of selected phoretic and non-phoretic macrochelid taxa has shown a strong correlation between phoretic state and evolutionary position, indicatin g that an increasing commitment to phoresy in the Macrochelidae is correlated with an advance from early derivative to terminal taxa. Laboratory and field observations have confirmed the importance of chemical, behavioural and ecological factors in maintaining the integrity of the relationship between phoretically specific macrochelids and their dung beetle hosts. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998 相似文献
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Mites of the genera Halolaelaps and Phaulodinychus (Gamasida), together with Histiostoma (Acaridida) (Acarina: Chelicerata), occur amongst tidal debris strandlines on the sandy shores of the South Wales coast. Phoretic deuteronymphs of all three mites are dispersed between strandlines via talitrid amphipods (Talitridae: Amphipoda: Crustacea) which provide two principal advantages over the insect hosts used by most other phoretic Acarina. First, amphipods migrate between strandlines throughout the year allowing continual phoretic mite dispersal, and second, even juvenile Talitridae are sufficiently large to transport several mites. The highly aggregated populations of all three mites are distributed independently of amphipod age, sex and species, suggesting that host selection is primarily influenced by other factors. The most likely factors are those related to host behaviour and, in particular, monthly/diurnal quiescence when the mites encounter, and are boarded by, the desiccation-sensitive phoretic mites. The discrete site selection exhibited by each mite species is at least partly influenced by attachment mechanisms. 相似文献
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Phoresy is a symbiotic interaction that results in dispersal, benefiting the relocated organism without negatively impacting the phoretic host. It has long been considered that phoresy among astigmatid mites is somehow an intermediate precursor to the evolution of parasitism within the group. In astigmatid mites, only the heteromorphic deutonymph (hypopode) participates in phoretic dispersal, and the plesiomorphic hypopode may be the key to understanding the dynamics of the evolution of that parasitism. Hypopodes of Hemisarcoptes cooremani (Acari: Acariformes) and their phoretic beetle host Chilocorus cacti (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) have become the experimental focus for studies concerned with the potential forces that influence the transition of a free-living life style into various coevolved relationships. Previous radiolabeling studies applied to H. cooremani and C. cacti determined that hypopodes of H. cooremani acquired resources from adults of C. cacti while in transit, negating the paradigm that the heteromorphy was purely phoretic. To further probe this relationship, we tested whether materials could be passed from the mites to their hosts. We report here a study using a tritium radiolabel, which indicated that beetles also acquire resources from the hypopodes. These results have implications for understanding the complex relationship between H. cooremani and C. cacti. We propose that this relationship should now correctly be defined as mutualistic (not phoretic) and develop a general model for the potential role of parasitism in the evolution of mutualism among the Astigmata. 相似文献
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Jianling Li Sai Liu Kun Guo Fan Zhang Haili Qiao Jianmin Chen Mengke Yang Xiu Zhu Rong Xu Changqing Xu Jun Chen 《Experimental & applied acarology》2018,76(3):325-337
Phoretic associations between mites and insects commonly occur in patchy and ephemeral habitats. As plants provide stable habitats for herbivores, herbivorous mites are rarely dependent on other animals for phoretic dispersal. However, a phoretic gall mite, Aceria pallida, which is found on plants, seasonally attaches to a herbivorous insect, Bactericera gobica, for overwintering survival. After detachment, the gall mite shares a habitat with its vector and is likely to compete with this vector for plant resources. However, excessive competition works against the sustainability of the seasonal phoretic association. How the gall mite, as an obligate phoretic mite, balances this relationship with its vector during the growing season to achieve phoresy is unknown. Here, the plant-mediated interspecific interaction between the gall mite and the psyllid after detachment was studied in the laboratory and field. The laboratory results showed that infestation by the gall mite had detrimental effects on the survival and development of psyllid nymphs. Meanwhile, the mite population and the gall size were also adversely affected. The results from the field showed that the mean densities of the mite galls and psyllids were lower in the mixed-species infestation treatment than in the single-species infestation treatment across the investigation period. However, the interspecific interaction between the gall mite and the psyllid decreased rather than accelerated leaf abscission caused by the psyllid, which promoted the persistence of the psyllid population and then indirectly contributed to phoretic association. Our results suggest that the plant-mediated competition between the phoretic gall mite and its vector after detachment facilitates the maintenance of the phoretic association. 相似文献
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Host caste recognition may be important for the dispersal of phoretic mites associated with social insects. All developmental
stages of the mite Parasitellus fucorum (Acari: Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) live in the nests of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Dispersal occurs by specialised phoretic instars, deutonymphs, which attach to adult bumblebees. Since bumblebee colonies
are annual and only young queens overwinter, deutonymphs that are able to discriminate between bumblebee castes and preferentially
attach to queens should be favoured by selection. In the field, deutonymphs of P. fucorum were found to be phoretic on bumblebee workers and queens, and in behavioural experiments all castes proved to be attractive
as carriers for the mites. However, they preferred queens that had hibernated as carriers when they could choose between workers
and queens. In a further experiment, when given a choice, deutonymphs switched from males to young queens but never transferred
from a queen to a male. These results suggest that deutonymphs preferentially attach to queens but may also use other castes
for transport. Those dispersing on workers and males may try to switch to queens later. Host-switching is possible during
copulation and on flowers, where bees of all castes forage.
Received: 14 November 1997 / Accepted: 16 February 1998 相似文献
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侧多食跗线螨Polyphagotarsonemus latus(Banks)能够附着在温室白粉虱Trialeurodes vaporariorum胫跗节上进行远距离扩散,即携播。笼罩试验表明:温室白粉虱对侧多食跗线螨的携播是它们在正常情况下普遍发生的一种现象,18~25℃,50%~75%RH是其发生的最适条件;高温(32~39℃)虽能加速携播,使得1~2 h达到携播高峰,但携播率低,白粉虱不易存活;光照强度对携播率没有显著影响。适温高湿有利于温室白粉虱携带多个跗线螨,随着螨密度的增加,温室白粉虱的携播率和携螨数明显增大。85%携播螨采取翘式附着(呈45°)。显微镜照片清晰显示,携播中侧多食跗线螨的口针插入温室白粉虱足内。 相似文献
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Species traits and environmental characteristics together regulate ant‐associated biodiversity
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Host‐associated organisms (e.g., parasites, commensals, and mutualists) may rely on their hosts for only a portion of their life cycle. The life‐history traits and physiology of hosts are well‐known determinants of the biodiversity of their associated organisms. The environmental context may strongly influence this interaction, but the relative roles of host traits and the environment are poorly known for host‐associated communities. We studied the roles of host traits and environmental characteristics affecting ant‐associated mites in semi‐natural constructed grasslands in agricultural landscapes of the Midwest USA. Mites are frequently found in ant nests and also riding on ants in a commensal dispersal relationship known as phoresy. During nonphoretic stages of their development, ant‐associated mites rely on soil or nest resources, which may vary depending on host traits and the environmental context of the colony. We hypothesized that mite diversity is determined by availability of suitable host ant species, soil detrital resources and texture, and habitat disturbance. Results showed that that large‐bodied and widely distributed ant species within grasslands support the most diverse mite assemblages. Mite richness and abundance were predicted by overall ant richness and grassland area, but host traits and environmental predictors varied among ant hosts: mites associated with Aphaenogaster rudis depended on litter depth, while Myrmica americana associates were predicted by host frequency and grassland age. Multivariate ordinations of mite community composition constructed with host ant species as predictors demonstrated host specialization at both the ant species and genus levels, while ordinations with environmental variables showed that ant richness, soil texture, and grassland age also contributed to mite community structure. Our results demonstrate that large‐bodied, locally abundant, and cosmopolitan ant species are especially important regulators of phoretic mite diversity and that their role as hosts is also dependent on the context of the interaction, especially soil resources, texture, site age, and area. 相似文献
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Phoretic mites are likely the most abundant arthropods found on carcases and corpses. They outnumber their scavenger carriers in both number and diversity. Many phoretic mites travel on scavenger insects and are highly specific; they will arrive on a particular species of host and no other. Because of this, they may be useful as trace indicators of their carriers even when their carriers are absent. Phoretic mites can be valuable markers of time. They are usually found in a specialised transitional transport or dispersal stage, often moulting and transforming to adults shortly after arrival on a carcase or corpse. Many are characterised by faster development and generation cycles than their carriers. Humans are normally unaware, but we too carry mites; they are skin mites that are present in our clothes. More than 212 phoretic mite species associated with carcases have been reported in the literature. Among these, mites belonging to the Mesostigmata form the dominant group, represented by 127 species with 25 phoretic mite species belonging to the family Parasitidae and 48 to the Macrochelidae. Most of these mesostigmatids are associated with particular species of flies or carrion beetles, though some are associated with small mammals arriving during the early stages of decomposition. During dry decay, members of the Astigmata are more frequently found; 52 species are phoretic on scavengers, and the majority of these travel on late-arriving scavengers such as hide beetles, skin beetles and moths. Several species of carrion beetles can visit a corpse simultaneously, and each may carry 1–10 species of phoretic mites. An informative diversity of phoretic mites may be found on a decaying carcass at any given time. The composition of the phoretic mite assemblage on a carcass might provide valuable information about the conditions of and time elapsed since death. 相似文献
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Philip S. Barton Haylee J. Weaver Adrian D. Manning 《Experimental & applied acarology》2014,63(1):1-13
Carrion is an ephemeral and nutrient-rich resource that attracts a diverse array of arthropods as it decomposes. Carrion-associated mites often disperse between animal carcasses using phoresy, the transport of one species by another. Yet few studies have contrasted the dynamics of mite assemblages with other insect taxa present at carrion. We examined and compared the changes in abundance, species richness and composition of mite and beetle assemblages sampled at kangaroo carcasses in a grassy eucalypt woodland at four different times over a 6-month period. We found that the majority of mites were phoretic, with the mesostigmatid genera Uroseius (Uropodidae), Macrocheles (Macrochelidae) and Parasitus (Parasitidae) the most abundant taxa (excluding astigmatid mites). Abundance and richness patterns of mites and beetles were very different, with mites reaching peak abundance and richness at weeks 6 and 12, and beetles at weeks 1 and 6. Both mites and beetles showed clear successional patterns via changes in species presence and relative abundance. Our study shows that mesostigmatid mite assemblages have a delay in peak abundance and richness relative to beetle assemblages. This suggests that differences in dispersal and reproductive traits of arthropods may contribute to the contrasting diversity dynamics of carrion arthropod communities, and further highlights the role of carrion as a driver of diversity and heterogeneity in ecosystems. 相似文献
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Alejandro González Medina Lucas González Herrera M. Alejandra Perotti Gilberto Jiménez Ríos 《Experimental & applied acarology》2013,59(3):297-305
Despite the fact that mites were used at the dawn of forensic entomology to elucidate the postmortem interval, their use in current cases remains quite low for procedural reasons such as inadequate taxonomic knowledge. A special interest is focused on the phoretic stages of some mite species, because the phoront-host specificity allows us to deduce in many occasions the presence of the carrier (usually Diptera or Coleoptera) although it has not been seen in the sampling performed in situ or in the autopsy room. In this article, we describe two cases where Poecilochirus austroasiaticus Vitzthum (Acari: Parasitidae) was sampled in the autopsy room. In the first case, we could sample the host, Thanatophilus ruficornis (Küster) (Coleoptera: Silphidae), which was still carrying phoretic stages of the mite on the body. That attachment allowed, by observing starvation/feeding periods as a function of the digestive tract filling, the establishment of chronological cycles of phoretic behavior, showing maximum peaks of phoronts during arrival and departure from the corpse and the lowest values in the phase of host feeding. From the sarcosaprophagous fauna, we were able to determine in this case a minimum postmortem interval of 10 days. In the second case, we found no Silphidae at the place where the corpse was found or at the autopsy, but a postmortem interval of 13 days could be established by the high specificity of this interspecific relationship and the departure from the corpse of this family of Coleoptera. 相似文献
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Maria J. Kirrane Lilia I. de Guzman Thomas E. Rinderer Amanda M. Frake Jeremy Wagnitz Pádraig M. Whelan 《Experimental & applied acarology》2012,58(4):423-430
This study evaluated for the first time the grooming response of honey bees to Varroa mites of different ages and reproductive statuses in the laboratory. Plastic cages containing a section of dark comb and about 200 bees were inoculated with groups of four classes of mites: gravid, phoretic foundresses, phoretic daughters and a combination of gravid and phoretic foundress mites. Each cage received 20 mites belonging to one of these classes. Our results showed that, 1?day after mite inoculation, phoretic daughter mites were the most prone to grooming by honey bees with an average mite drop of 49.8?±?2.6?%. The lowest mite drop was recorded for bees inoculated with phoretic foundresses (30.3?±?3.6?%) but was comparable to bees inoculated with gravid mites (31.8?±?3.8?%) and the combination of gravid and phoretic foundress mites (34.2?±?3.2?%). No differences among mite types were detected during the second and third days of observation. Regardless of mite type, the highest mite drop was recorded on the first day (35?±?2.1?%) compared to the drop for any subsequent day (<10?%). Because of the great reproductive potential of daughter mites, their inclusion in assessments of grooming behaviour may increase our insight into the importance of grooming in mite resistance. 相似文献
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Lanzhu Ji Sergey Izraylevich Sharon Gazit Uri Gerson 《Experimental & applied acarology》1996,20(9):503-509
Hemisarcoptes coccophagus (Acari: Astigmata: Hemisarcoptidae) is an obligate parasite of armored-scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididae). Hypopodes (non-feeding heteromorphic deutonymphs) of this mite cannot complete their development without a phoretic sojourn on the coccinellid beetle Chilocorus bipustulatus. We tested whether the feeding history of the beetles affects the probability of the hypopodes completing their development. Two diets were offered: armored-scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididae) (suitable for both beetles and mites) and soft-scale insects (Homoptera: Coccidae) (suitable for the beetles but not for the mites). The hypopodial survival was similar for mites which had been on beetles reared on the different scales. However, female hypopodes which had stayed on beetles reared on soft scales suffered higher mortality than those from Chilocorus reared on armored scales. Male survival was not affected. A tri-trophic-level effect on sex-specific survival in a phoretic association was thus demonstrated. 相似文献
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Jeyasankar Alagarmalai Mor Grinberg Rafael Perl-Treves Victoria Soroker 《Journal of Insect Behavior》2009,22(5):375-387
This study examined the host-selection ability of the broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae). To make long-distance-shifts from one host plant patch to another, broad mites largely depend
on phoretic association with whiteflies. However, the host plants of whiteflies and broad mites are not necessarily the same.
We determined the host-preference and acceptance of free-moving and phoretic broad mites using two behavioral bioassays. We
used a choice test to monitor host selection by free-moving mites. In the case of phoretic mites, we compared their rate of
detachment from the phoretic vector Bemisia tabaci placed on leaves taken from various host plants. The suitability of the plant was further determined by monitoring mite’s
fecundity and its offspring development. We compared the mites’ responses to young and old cucumber (Cucumis sativus cv. ‘Kfir’) leaves (3rd and 8–9th leaf from the apex, respectively), and two tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cvs. ‘M82’ and ‘Moneymaker’). Free-moving mites of all stages and both sexes preferred young cucumber leaves to old cucumber leaves and preferred young
cucumber rather than young tomato leaves, demonstrating for the first time that broad mites are able to choose their host
actively. As for phoretic mated females, although eventually most of the mites abandoned the phoretic vector, the rate of
detachment from the whitefly vector was host dependent and correlated with the mites’ fitness on the particular host. In general,
host preference of phoretic female mites resembled that of the free-moving female. Cues used by mites for host selection remain
to be explored. 相似文献