TY - JOUR AU - Ebermann, Ernst AU - Messner, Marianne AU - Jagersbacher-Baumann, Julia PY - 2016/08/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - First observations on phoresy hosts of Imparipes (Sporichneuthes) dispar Rack, 1964 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae) JF - SOIL ORGANISMS JA - SOIL ORG VL - 88 IS - 2 SE - ARTICLES DO - UR - https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/98 SP - 133–138 AB - <p><em>Imparipes</em> (<em>Sporichneuthes</em>) <em>dispar</em> Rack, 1964 is a species belonging to the mite family Scutacaridae which displays appetence behavior and a unique jumping ability. Both features indicate that <em>I. dispar </em>might disperse via phoresy, but possible hosts were not known until now. A field experiment was conducted to determine whether <em>I. dispar </em>performs phoresy and to identify potential host taxa. <em>Imparipes</em> <em>dispar</em> turned out to be a host generalist, accepting Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera as hosts. Several of the detected phoresy host taxa are potentially new for scutacarids.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -