Carabodes femoralis
Appearance
Carabodes femoralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Oribatida |
Family: | Carabodidae |
Genus: | Carabodes |
Species: | C. femoralis
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Binomial name | |
Carabodes femoralis (Nicolet, 1855)
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Carabodes femoralis is a species of mite in the family Carabodidae. It was originally described as a species of Tegeocranus in 1855 by Swiss lithographer and entomologist Hercule Nicolet. It feeds on the fruit bodies of the bolete mushroom Boletus badius.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Schneider K, Renker C, Maraun M (2005). "Oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi". Mycorrhiza. 16 (1): 67–72. Bibcode:2005Mycor..16...67S. doi:10.1007/s00572-005-0015-8. PMID 16133254.