Open AccessLARVAE OF NEOTROMBICULA TALMIENSIS (SCHLUGER, 1955) (ACARIFORMES, TROMBICULIDAE) AND THEIR FEATURES PARASITISM ON NATURAL HOSTS
Author(s) -
Andrew B. Shatrov
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.17223/978-5-94621-931-0-2020-84
Subject(s) - biology , larva , zoology , phyletic gradualism , acariformes , trombiculidae , lineage (genetic) , acari , ecology , phylogenetics , biochemistry , gene
Parasitengonina mites being a highly diverse and specialized phyletic lineage of the higher Acariformes, possess small and simply organized larvae. These larvae show a highly effective feeding mode of the proteinaceous feeding substrate consisting of the pre-oral digested host tissues. This capability is a result of the stylostome formation and allows larvae to overcome easily a high ontogenetic threshold between the larval organization and that of post-larval phases. Larvae of N. talmiensis evolve an identically organized pale-pink stylostome during feeding on both bank voles and Siberian chipmunk that confirm a hypothesis of the genus- or even species-specific stylostome organization.