Locustacarus buchneri
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Locustacarus buchneri (Stammer, 1951)
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Bombacarus buchneri Stammer, 1951 |
Locustacarus buchneri is a parasitic mite that lives in the respiratory air sacs of bumblebees.[2]
References
- ^ Robert W. Husband & Kazuyoshi Kurosa (2000). "Two new genera and a new species of mites (Acari: Podapolipidae) associated with weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Argentina". International Journal of Acarology. 26 (3): 247–255. doi:10.1080/01647950008684196.
- ^ Goulson, Dave (2010). Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-19-955306-8.