Scutacarus Gros, 1845
(a genus of mites)

Interactions where Scutacarus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female hitches a ride on queen UK/IrelandQuestionable Bombus bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees Hymenoptera: Apidae Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World, Klimov, P.B., O'Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J., 2016
Bumblebees, Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Scutacaridae/Scutacarus/Scutacarusa genus of mitesfemale Animal / phoresyRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Apidae/Bombus/Bombusbumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo beesqueen

Author & YearTitleSource
Klimov, P.B., O'Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J., 2016Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the Worldidtools.org/id/mites/beemites
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987BumblebeesNaturalists’ Handbooks, 6, 92pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Scutacarus (a genus of mites) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusScutacarus (a genus of mites)
FamilySCUTACARIDAE (a family of mites)
SuperfamilySCUTACAROIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
CohortHeterostigmatina (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortEleutherengonides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderPROSTIGMATA (sucking mites)
OrderTROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scutacarus (a genus of mites)

Scutacarus (a genus of mites) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scutacarus (a genus of mites):

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