Histiostoma is a genus of mites in the family Histiostomatidae. Both females and males of Histiostoma have two pairs of genital rings. In females, the...
prepared growth substrates. Mites in the genus Histiostoma have been found in mushroom farms. Histiostoma gracilipes feeds on mushrooms directly, while...
also cannibalized by other earwigs. A species of tyroglyphoid mite, Histiostoma polypori (Histiostomatidae, Astigmata), are observed on common earwigs...
respectively). Necromeny has also been observed in mites, including species of Histiostoma and Sancassania. Sudhaus WA (2010). "Preadaptive plateau in Rhabditida...
seminal vesicles, coelom, or intestine, or in their cocoons (e.g. the mite Histiostoma murchiei is a parasite of earthworm cocoons). The earthworm activity...
associated with mammals. S. Wirth (December 2009). "Necromenic life style of Histiostoma polypori (Acari: Histiostomatidae)". Experimental and Applied Acarology...
multiple carabid beetle species, and in laboratory experiments, a mite (Histiostoma feroniarum) caused a significant amount of mortality in the larval stage...
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