Carabodes femoralis

Carabodes femoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Family: Carabodoidae
Genus: Carabodes
Species: C. femoralis
Binomial name
Carabodes femoralis
(Nicolet, 1855)

Carabodes femoralis is a species of mite in the family Carabodoidae. It was originally described as a species of Tegeocranus in 1855 by Swiss lithographer and entomologist Hercule Nicolet. It feeds on the fruit bodies of the bolete mushroom Boletus badius.[1]

References

  1. Schneider K, Renker C, Maraun M (2005). "Oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi". Mycorrhiza. 16 (1): 67–72. doi:10.1007/s00572-005-0015-8. PMID 16133254.
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