TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Biological investigations on a new species of Ceratozetes and of Pergalumna (Acarina: Cryptostigmata)
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SP  - 511
EP  - 520
PY  - 1966
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Rockett, C.L.
AU  - Woodring, J.P.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3656
DA  - 1966-09-01
KW  - Acari
KW  - Ceratozetes jeweli
KW  - Pergalumna omniphagous
KW  - nutrition
KW  - development
KW  - life history
KW  - new species
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - Nearctic region
AB  - All essential stages of Ceratozetes jeweli n. sp. and Pergalumna omniphagous n. sp. are described and illustrated. Both species were collected in south Louisiana. The time from egg deposition to adult emergence was 42 days for P. omniphagous and 53 days for C. jeweli. Observations on molting, egg production and spermatophore deposition are presented. Mushroom and ground, eup lichen plus the resultant fungal growth provided an adequate diet for C. jeweli; the same diet (minus lichen) was suitable for P. omniohagous. P. omniphagous ate sprophytic and parasitic nematodes. A review of the carnivorous habits of oribatids is presented.
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