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beneath lateral margins, usually a ventrianal shield with 1–5 pairs of setae in addition to circumanal setae, peritreme usually looped around stigma, and movable cheliceral digit usually with a well-developed arthrodial brush at the base. Adult males are similar but with a holoventral shield or
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1456:"Life history of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Parasitiformes: Macrochelidae): new insights on life history and evidence of facultative parasitism on Drosophila"
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eggs and larvae). Dung offers high prey availability and shelter from the weather, but it is a temporary resource. Melicharids therefore attach to insects (e.g.
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Mites of this family are predators. The majority of species are coprophilous, meaning they live in animal dung and feed on the prey available there (
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Adult females of
Macrochelidae have: an undivided dorsal shield bearing at least 28 pairs of
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beetles or flies) to be carried to fresh dung deposits; this is known as
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agents of pest insects, such as flies and thrips. The species
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Durkin, Emily S.; Proctor, Heather; Luong, Lien T. (2019).
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Macrochelidae contains the following genera and species:
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on their hosts, rather than phoretic. An example is
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311:Some macrochelids are believed to be facultatively
236:separate sternigenital and ventrianal shields.
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340:is commercially available for this purpose.
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1779:3251473D-DE45-FFF7-FF6F-FAEEFC06056A
1753:a87b92af-78fa-449b-8a2c-932333390e8a
1665:9b6ce70b-3d1f-42aa-b98e-3f87a61e58c3
1413:Experimental & Applied Acarology
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741:van-Driel, Loots & Marais, 1977
1460:Experimental and Applied Acarology
14:
853:Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1967
733:Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960
650:Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960
1:
1171:(G.& R. Canestrini, 1882)
835:(van Driel & Loots, 1975)
318:Macrocheles muscaedomesticae
1352:10.1007/978-3-319-15042-0_4
1313:van Driel & Loots, 1975
1304:van Driel & Loots, 1975
1047:Samsinak & Daniel, 1978
672:Glyptholaspis baichengensis
593:Valle & Mazzoleni, 1967
553:Valle & Mazzoleni, 1967
427:van Driel & Loots, 1975
418:van Driel & Loots, 1975
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1472:10.1007/s10493-019-00431-y
1131:Neopodocinum vanderhammeni
1125:Hartini & Takaku, 2003
1065:Hartini & Takaku, 2003
928:Holostaspella similiornata
683:de-Jesus & Rueda, 1990
1289:Trigonholaspis trigonarum
1268:Tricholocelaeno longicoma
1248:Tricholaspis marginipilis
1168:Nothrholaspis tridentatus
1112:Neopodocinum spinirostris
1061:Neopodocinum halimunensis
1027:Neopodocinum caputmedusae
945:Holostaspella tuberilinea
492:Evholocelaeno bursiformis
384:Ancistrocheles bregetovae
125:Scientific classification
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1121:Neopodocinum subjaspersi
936:Holostaspella tropicalis
911:Holostaspella scatophila
902:Holostaspella orientalis
866:Holostaspella halawanyii
832:Holostaspella congoensis
746:Glyptholaspis wuhouyongi
722:Glyptholaspis orientalis
696:Glyptholaspis filipponii
569:Geholaspis foroliviensis
1425:10.1023/A:1006097811592
1188:Proholaspina micrarhena
1148:Neopodocinum yunnanense
1140:Neopodocinum wainsteini
1036:Neopodocinum dehongense
1006:Neoholaspis coprophilus
840:Holostaspella crenulata
815:Holostaspella bifoliata
664:Glyptholaspis asperrima
656:Glyptholaspis americana
625:Geholaspis mandibularis
608:Geholaspis longispinosa
559:Geholaspis comelicensis
404:Andhrolaspis trinitatis
364:Aethosoma burchellestes
893:Holostaspella moderata
849:Holostaspella exornata
705:Glyptholaspis fimicola
680:Glyptholaspis cariasoi
452:Calholaspis taiwanicus
424:Bellatocheles variatus
338:Macrocheles robustulus
1407:Krantz, G.W. (1998).
1310:Venatiolaspis pilosus
1208:Synaphasis congoensis
1096:Neopodocinum petrovae
1071:Neopodocinum jaspersi
1052:Neopodocinum gigantum
966:Lordocheles desaegeri
920:Holostaspella sculpta
874:Holostaspella krantzi
824:Holostaspella caelata
806:Holostaspella ateucha
730:Glyptholaspis pontina
688:Glyptholaspis confusa
117:Macrocheles carinatus
1660:Fauna Europaea (new)
1104:Neopodocinum sinicum
1039:Li & Chang, 1979
883:Holostaspella macula
766:Gonatothrix carinata
738:Glyptholaspis thorri
714:Glyptholaspis indica
635:Geholaspis pauperior
444:Calholaspis superbus
1228:Tigonholaspis saiti
1044:Neopodocinum galfyi
599:Geholaspis lagrecai
579:Geholaspis hortorum
550:Geholaspis bianchii
541:Geholaspis berlesei
472:Cophrolaspis glabra
250:reproduce asexually
1088:Neopodocinum maius
1080:Neopodocinum magna
858:Holostaspella foai
769:G. W. Krantz, 1988
760:G. W. Krantz, 1988
616:Geholaspis longula
334:biological control
328:Biological control
248:and some can also
246:reproduce sexually
30:Quaternary–present
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1512:Taxon identifiers
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1271:(Berlese, 1910)
1258:Tricholocelaeno
1191:(Berlese, 1916)
1143:Arutunian, 1993
1115:(Berlese, 1910)
1031:(Berlese, 1908)
980:Latreille, 1829
725:Iavorschi, 1980
667:(Berlese, 1905)
659:(Berlese, 1888)
639:(Berlese, 1918)
629:(Berlese, 1904)
619:(Berlese, 1882)
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996:Neoholaspis
988:Macrocheles
976:Macrocheles
956:Lordocheles
776:Holocelaeno
756:Gonatothrix
691:(Foà, 1900)
603:Valle, 1963
545:Valle, 1953
535:Valle, 1953
455:Tseng, 1993
434:Calholaspis
290:oligochaete
278:arrhenotoky
274:Macrocheles
258:Macrocheles
223:Description
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1390:2022-10-14
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1320:References
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502:Geholaspis
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321:on flies.
254:Geholaspis
167:Subclass:
148:Arthropoda
1496:204942853
1480:0168-8162
939:Roy, 1991
931:Roy, 1988
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877:Roy, 1988
717:Roy, 1988
699:Roy, 1988
354:Aethosoma
313:parasitic
298:arthropod
294:nematodes
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233:sclerites
160:Arachnida
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1571:BioLib:
1535:Q3274878
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1488:31673886
1441:29284819
749:Ma, 1997
675:Ma, 1997
344:Taxonomy
306:phoresis
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136:Animalia
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292:worms,
284:Ecology
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1652:12465
1613:624KG
1574:19364
1492:S2CID
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229:setae
213:mites
172:Acari
1738:NCBI
1712:ITIS
1678:2831
1673:GBIF
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