Inaturalist observations of Mecoptera subjected to phoretic arthropods and parasites (WIP)
ACARI:
Female Panorpidae:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144024836 (No. parasites visible: 2. Location: head right mid-leg femur.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11320512 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: left foreleg tibia.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129470005 (No. parasites visible: ~6. Location: All over head, pronotum, and metanotum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54152171 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: Left side of metanotum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54152171 (No. parasites visible: 3. Location: pronotum; left side of metanotum; ~left epimeron.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88264214 (No. parasites visible :2. Location: right side of metanotum behind wings; back of left side of pronotum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56517994 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: 1st tergum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68998098 (No. parasites visible: 5. Location: Right side of pronotum; left side of 1st tergum; right side of metanotum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55753670 (No. parasites visible: 2. Location: ~left side of submentum; 1st tergum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145651285 (No. parasites visible: 3. Location: Left side of pronotum, right side of mesonotum, left side of metanotum.)
Male Panorpidae:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18281192 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: ~mesopleuron.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121228844 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: genital bulb; ~right basistyle.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60180526 (No. parasites visible: 4. Location: ~1st tergum.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37632421 (No. parasites visible: 1. Location: left side of metanotum; under wing.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15684388 (No. parasites visible: 1. Left side ~pronotum; between wings.)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127283082 (No. parasites visible: 1. underneath base of left forewing.)
Mating Panorpidae:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/127988240 (No. parasites visible: 2. Location on male: ~pronotum. Location on female: left compound eye.)
KLEPTOPARASITIC DIPTERA:
Mating Panorpidae:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66188650 (No. parasites visible ~16. Location: on nuptial gift and also leaf covered in hemolymph. Parasite: likely Phoridae.)
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@rayfisher This may interest you, still a work in progress
Hi Ahn,
That's a nice collection of photos. I think they're all terrestrial Parasitengona, which isn't too surprising. There's another record for you in this paper:
https://bazawiedzy.upwr.edu.pl/info/article/UPWRa3dd832b4db54e209176cef1e7523911/
which I think is the same data as in Felska et al. 2018. A synopsis of host-parasite associations between Trombidioidea (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata, Parasitengona) and arthropod hosts. Systematic & Applied Acarology 23(7): 1375–1479.
You'll see the species mentioned, Trombidium holosericeum, parasitises just about anything it encounters.
I think - or at least like to think- that larval Parasitengona may have a searching preference for soil or foliage and those on most scorpionflies will be foliage-roamers. Many aren't much more specific than that, but some do tend to focus on families (eg. only aphids, or strong preference for them).
Cheers, Owen.
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