Hitching a ride on a scorpion: The first record of phoresy of a myrmecophile pseudoscorpion on a myrmecophile scorpion

Sharon Warburg; Yoram Zvik; Efrat Gavish-Regev

doi:10.30963/aramit6605

Hitching a ride on a scorpion: The first record of phoresy of a myrmecophile pseudoscorpion on a myrmecophile scorpion

Sharon Warburg, Yoram Zvik, Efrat Gavish-Regev

Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology

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Abstract

An observation of phoresy by pseudoscorpions on a scorpion host is recorded for the first time worldwide. Pseudoscorpions of the endemic species Nannowithius wahrmani (Beier, 1963) (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae) were observed phoretic on the endemic scorpion species Birulatus israelensis Lourenço, 2002 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Israel. Both are myrmecophiles of harvester ants of the genus Messor Forel, 1890.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-37
Number of pages	4
Journal	Arachnologische Mitteilungen
Volume	66
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6605
State	Published - 29 Dec 2023

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Keywords

Birulatus
Messor
Nannowithius
Withiidae
myrmecophily

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Insect Science

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