TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - On the origin of parasitism in trombiculid mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae)
VL  - 41
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 205
EP  - 213
PY  - 2000
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Shatrov, A.B.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=131
DA  - 2001-09-28
KW  - Trombiculidae
KW  - parasitism
KW  - life-strategy
KW  - ecology
KW  - morphophysiology
KW  - host-parasite specificity
AB  - The original hypothesis is proposed that the parasitism of trombiculid mite larvae (Trombiculidae) is a rather young historical phenomenon which developed after the quiescent stages (calyptostases) and had evolved in the ontogenesis of this group of trombidiform mites. The larvae being primarily predatory-entomophagous with biting-sucking mouthparts, they could easily pass to parasitism on vertebrate animals in pasture conditions, firstly on mammals, becoming primarily lymphophagous, a,d, due to wide polyphagy, they are similar to free-living blood-sucking insects e.g. Diptera. The problem of specificity and specialization in trombiculid mites and other related groups is discussed.
ER -