Poecilochirus

Poecilochirus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Parasitidae
Genus: Poecilochirus
G. & R. Canestrini, 1882
Species
  • Poecilochirus sexclavatus

Poecilochirus is a genus of mites in the family Parasitidae.[1] 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.[2][3] Reportedly, some nematodes in the family Allantonematidae are parasites of mites in this genus.[4] 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.[5]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Joel Hallan (ed.). "Parasitidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ Backlund, Doug (1994). "American Burying Beetle". South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Division of Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Decomposition: Mites". Australian Museum. 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  4. ↑ Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer reference (2nd ed.). Dordrecht; London: Springer. p. 756. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1. OCLC 156813127. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
  5. ↑ González Medina A, González Herrera L, Perotti MA, Jiménez Ríos G (2013). "Occurrence of Poecilochirus austroasiaticus (Acari: Parasitidae) in forensic autopsies and its application on postmortem interval estimation". Exp.Appl.Acarol. 59 (3): 297–305. doi:10.1007/s10493-012-9606-1.


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