TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Phoretic macrochelids (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Africa 1: coprophilous Macrochelidae from Morocco VL - 45 IS - 2-3 SP - 155 EP - 159 PY - 2005 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Haloti, S. AU - Glida, H. AU - Niogret, J. AU - Janati-Idrissi, A. AU - Bertrand, M. AU - Lumaret, J.P. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=33 DA - 2005-10-21 KW - phoresy KW - Macrochelidae mites KW - dung beetles KW - Scarabeidae KW - sampling KW - new species KW - Morocco AB - Dung beetles (Coleoptera) sampling over the North Western Morocco allowed to identify 13 phoretic Macrochelid species (genera Macrocheles and Glyptholaspis), with 3 new species for science. The generalist species Macrocheles perglaber was the most widely distributed, from the low lands to the 1000m. Bubas bison (Scarabaeidae) was the most attractive carrier and was observed to carry seven of the Macrochelidae species. ER -