The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
adult | adult hitches a ride on adult | Bombus | bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees | Naturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Species | Parasitellus fucorum (Bumble Bee Mites) |
Genus | Parasitellus (a genus of mites) |
Subfamily | PARASITINAE (a subfamily of mites) |
Family | PARASITIDAE (a family of Parasitoid mites) |
Superfamily | PARASITOIDEA (an order of Mesostigmatid mites) |
Subcohort | Parasitiae (a subcohort of mites) |
Cohort | Gamasina (a cohort of mites) |
Suborder | MONOGYNASPIDA (a suborder of mites) |
Order | MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) |
Superorder | PARASITIFORMES (parasitiform mites) |
Subclass | ACARI (mites) |
Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Parasitellus fucorum (Bumble Bee Mites) |
Parasitellus fucorum (Bumble Bee Mites) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Parasitellus fucorum (Bumble Bee Mites):
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