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The pseudoscorpion Cordylochernes scorpioides is frequently found riding harlequin beetles (Acrocinus longimanus). Initially, there were a number of alternate hypothesis for why the pseudoscorpions were found on the beetles: by accident, to forage for mites inhabiting the beetle, or as an obligate parasite. Evidence suggested, however, that the ...
Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, [1] are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida. Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans because they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice , ants , mites , and small ...
Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed. [1] This is in contrast with mutualism , in which both organisms benefit from each other; amensalism , where one is harmed while the other is unaffected; and parasitism , where one is ...
The populations of these beetles can be quite large, in one case more than 980 beetles of the species Trichilium adisi were found in the fur of a single sloth. Beetles of the genus Uroxys have been recorded from sloths in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Panama. [1] Beetles appear to congregate preferentially in specific parts of the body.
Neobisiidae is a family of pseudoscorpions distributed throughout Africa, the Americas and Eurasia and consist of 748 species in 34 genera. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling. Some species live in caves while some are surface-dwelling.
Commensalism is a different type of ecological interaction between species in which one species gains benefits while the other is neither harmed nor benefited. [7] Two examples of commensalism that can be seen in insect ecology are phoresy , an interaction in which one attaches itself to another for transportation, and inquilinism , the use of ...
Despite the fact that Colombia is a biodiversity hotspot — with over 500 types of mammals and 2,000 types of birds — relatively few pseudoscorpion species have been identified there.
Chelifer cancroides, the house pseudoscorpion, is a species of pseudoscorpion. It is the most widely distributed species of pseudoscorpion in the world, it occurs in a range of habitats, but it is mostly synanthropic and harmless to humans.