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Poecilochirus

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Poecilochirus die schmarotzermilbe


Poecilochirus is a genus of mites in the family Parasitidae. They feed on fly eggs and larvae. At least 14 species of the genus are carried from one food source to another by beetles of multiple genera in the family Silphidae with whom they often have a symbiotic relationship in protecting the beetle's larva or its food supply from fly larvae. Reportedly, some nematodes in the family Allantonematidae are parasites of mites in this genus. Although some species from this genus have been described and sampled on previous real forensic cases or successional studies on carcasses, their usefulness as a forensic marker in forensic entomology has been recently appreciated.

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Species

Poecilochirus Phoretic Mite Poecilochirus BugGuideNet

  • Poecilochirus armatus (Trägårdh, 1912)
  • Poecilochirus austroasiaticus
  • Poecilochirus belkahvensis Ramaraju & Madanlar, 1998
  • Poecilochirus belovae (Davydova, 1975)
  • Poecilochirus britannicus Hyatt, 1986
  • Poecilochirus carabi G. Canestrini & R. Canestrini, 1882
  • Poecilochirus coimbatorensis Vishnupriya & Mohanasundaram, 1988
  • Poecilochirus coleophorae Ramaraju & Mohanasundaram, 1997
  • Poecilochirus davydovae Hyatt, 1980
  • Poecilochirus donatus Vinnik, 1993
  • Poecilochirus hyatti Ramaraju & Madanlar, 1998
  • Poecilochirus macgillavryi
  • Poecilochirus monospinosus Wise, Hennessey & Axtell, 1988
  • Poecilochirus mrciaki Masan, 1999
  • Poecilochirus necrophori Vitzthum, 1930
  • Poecilochirus pilosula (Banks, 1904)
  • Poecilochirus rutellae Ramaraju & Mohanasundaram, 1997
  • Poecilochirus serratae Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 1999
  • Poecilochirus sexclavatus Skljar, 2002
  • Poecilochirus simplisetae Ramaraju & Madanlar, 1998
  • Poecilochirus subterraneus (Muller, 1859)
  • Poecilochirus torbaliensis Ramaraju & Madanlar, 1998

  • Poecilochirus mite Poecilochirus BugGuideNet

    Poecilochirus Mite Poecilochirus BugGuideNet

    Poecilochirus Mite Poecilochirus BugGuideNet

    References

    Poecilochirus Wikipedia