Mites (Acari) Associated with the Desert Seed Harvester Ant, Messor pergandei (Mayr)

Table 5

Attachment site preferences for phoretic mite species on Messor pergandei.

Location	Armacarus	Lemanniella	Petalomium	Forcellinia	Histiostoma	Unguidispus
Ventral head	7	48	0	0	1	1
Neck	0	0	3	0	0	0
Dorsal thorax	28	1	1	0	0	0
Lateral thorax	11	0	0	0	0	0
Ventral coxae	6	0	29	0	0	0
On leg	11	0	3	2	0	0
Petiole	16	0	0	0	0	0
Gaster	388	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	23	7	6	0	1	0
Total	490	56	42	2	2	1