Research Article
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 |
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