. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Biology of Baloghella melis 161. Fig. 4: The life cycle of Baloghella melis. According to our findings it is very unlikely that motile hypopi in the conchae are feeding through the body surface. Newly hatched motile hypopi were of the same size as the motile hypopi from badger's ears. We never found "shrunken" motile hypopi which are typical of species feeding during the deutonymphal phase which is an obligatory stage in these cases (e. g. Hypodectes propu
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Biology of Baloghella melis 161. Fig. 4: The life cycle of Baloghella melis. According to our findings it is very unlikely that motile hypopi in the conchae are feeding through the body surface. Newly hatched motile hypopi were of the same size as the motile hypopi from badger's ears. We never found "shrunken" motile hypopi which are typical of species feeding during the deutonymphal phase which is an obligatory stage in these cases (e. g. Hypodectes propus, Apodemopus apodemi). At copulation with a female or a female tritonymph the male is secured against slipping off by the strong broadening of the membranous part of the pretarsi. The pretarsi of females are formed normally. Analogous formations also occur in males of other proconiugati (sensu Samsinak 1971), e. g. in Dermacarus sciurinus (Gly- cyphagidae) or Sennertia cerambycina (Chaetodactylidae). We are not able to explain the function of the strongly enlarged legs II with apophyses in males of B. melis but it has to be considered that there are a lot of free-living Astigmata (e. g. Acarus, Rhizoglyphus, Caloglyphus, Schwiebea) of which the males also have hypertrophic legs with unknown function. The formation of two types of heteromorphous deutonymphs was only known in some Chaetodactylus spp. so far (Krombein 1962, Baker 1962). Chaetodactylus spp. live in nests of megachilid bees (mainly Osmia spp.) and feed on pollen and nectar stored as food for the bee larvae. The motile hypopi of Chaetodactylus spp. attach to the hatching bees and leave the nest. The inert hypopi remain in the nest. As the nests are repeatedly used by the same species the inert hypopi constitute a second possibility for guaranteeing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t
Size: 1810px × 1380px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcoll, booksubjectbiology, booksubjectzoology
