@article {23122, title = {Parasitic and phoretic mites of Diptera in Israel and the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt}, journal = {Israel journal of entomology}, volume = {40}, year = {2010}, pages = {195-203}, abstract = {

Certain mites (Acarina) are parasitic on insects and other arthropods or use them as a means for transport to habitats where they find more suitable environmental conditions. This article reports on phoretic and parasitic mites collected from Diptera in Israel and Egypt. Flies from the families Muscidae, Ceratopogonidae, Sphaeroceridae, Milichiidae, Sepsidae, and Ulidiidae were collected in the periphery of cowsheds and horse stables using Williams fiberglass panel (Alsynite), Monks Wood, and DuToit suction traps. Specimens of the housefly (Musca domestica) and of the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) were infested mainly by Macrocheles muscaedomesticae, and to a lesser extent, by Macrocheles subbadius, trombiculid larvae, and Dendrolaelaps nymphs. Most Culicoides species (Ceratopogonidae) were infested by water-mite larvae of the families Limnesiidae, Thyasidae, and Arrenuridae, as well as by larvae of the terrestrial Trombidiidae and Neotrombidiidae, whereas representatives of the remaining dipteran families were infested mainly by astigmatid, prostigmatid, and mesostigmatid mites.

}, keywords = {Acari, Diptera, insect, Israel, mite, parasite, phoresis}, url = {http://www.entomology.org.il/sites/default/files/pdfs/Mumcuoglu.pdf}, author = {Mumcuoglu, KY and Braverman, Y} } @article {22839, title = {Carcases and mites}, journal = {Experimental and Applied Acarology}, volume = {49}, year = {2009}, month = {2009/07/24}, pages = {45-84}, abstract = {

Mites are involved in the decomposition of animal carcases and human corpses at every stage. From initial decay at the fresh stage until dry decomposition at the skeletal stage, a huge diversity of Acari, including members of the Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmata, Endeostigmata, Oribatida and Ixodida, are an integral part of the constantly changing food webs on, in and beneath the carrion. During the desiccation stage in wave 6 of M\égnin\’s system, mites can become the dominant fauna on the decomposing body. Under conditions unfavourable for the colonisation of insects, such as concealment, low temperature or mummification, mites might become the most important or even the only arthropods on a dead body. Some mite species will be represented by a few specimens, whereas others might build up in numbers to several million individuals. Astigmata are most prominent in numbers and Mesostigmata in diversity. More than 100 mite species and over 60 mite families were collected from animal carcases, and around 75 species and over 20 families from human corpses.

}, keywords = {Acari}, doi = {10.1007/s10493-009-9287-6}, url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10493-009-9287-6}, author = {H R Braig and M A Perotti} } @article {4078, title = {Mites found on synanthropic flies in Uzbekistan}, journal = {Medizsinskaya parazitologiya i parazitarn{\"y}e bolezni}, volume = {5}, year = {1964}, pages = {557-560}, type = {article}, keywords = {Acari, Desmometopa, Milichiidae, tarsalis}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Sychevskaia_1964.pdf}, author = {Sychevskaia, V. I.} } @article {4114, title = {Pholeomyia comans (Diptera: Milichiidae) an associate of Atta texana: Larval anatomy and notes on biology}, journal = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r angewandte Entomologie}, volume = {69}, year = {1971}, pages = {343-348}, type = {article}, keywords = {Acari, biology, comans, larvae, larval morphology, Milichiidae, myrmecophyly, Nearctis, Pholeomyia, puparium}, url = {http://milichiidae.info/sites/milichiidae.info/files/Moser\&Neff_1971.pdf}, author = {Moser, John C. and Neff, S. E.} }