Genetic Polymorphism for Carrier Preference in a Phoretic Mite1
- 15 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 75 (3) , 293-296
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/75.3.293
Abstract
The parasitid mite Peocilochirus necrophori Vitzthum (Acari: Parasitidae) is phoretic on several species of silphid beetles. However, individual mites have strong, genetically coded preferences for carrier species. P. necrophori is therefore either a single species that is genetically polymorphic for carrier preference, or else it is a sympatric sibling species complex. Regional variation in phoretic associations can be explained by differences in the relative proportions of the morphs.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: