The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').
Stage | Summary | Taxon | Vernacular | Classification | References | |||
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female | female hitches a ride on queen | Bombus | bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees | Hymenoptera: Apidae | Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World, Klimov, P.B., O'Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J., 2016 Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Author & Year | Title | Source |
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Klimov, P.B., O'Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J., 2016 | Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World | idtools.org/id/mites/beemites |
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees | Naturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
Genus | Scutacarus (a genus of mites) |
Family | SCUTACARIDAE (a family of mites) |
Superfamily | SCUTACAROIDEA (a superfamily of mites) |
Cohort | Heterostigmatina (a cohort of mites) |
Supercohort | Eleutherengonides (a supercohort of mites) |
Suborder | PROSTIGMATA (sucking mites) |
Order | TROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites) |
Superorder | ACARIFORMES (acariform 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 Scutacarus (a genus of mites) |
Scutacarus (a genus of mites) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
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