TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from near Adelaide. Australia. 3. Behaviour and development VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 21 EP - 44 PY - 1974 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Lee, D.C. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3220 DA - 1974-07-31 KW - Acari KW - Rhodacaridae KW - mastication KW - defaecation KW - food capture KW - egg KW - reproductive system KW - copulation KW - walking KW - defensive behaviour KW - development AB - The behaviour and development of some South Australian rhodacarid mites in laboratory cultures is presented under six headings: locomotion; feeding; grooming and defaecation; protection; mating; development. The sexual structures of three species and the eggs of six species are described. The noteworthy differences in behaviour amongst species are in their feeding (able or not able to catch collembola) , treatment of eggs (burying or not burying them) and mating position (male ventral or lateral to female). Functional aspects of structures involved in the observed behaviour are discussed. ER -