TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Surprising polymorphism of immature stages in the feather mite Kiwialges palametrichus (Astigmata, Analgidae)
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
SP  - 209
EP  - 215
PY  - 1981
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Gaud, J.
AU  - Laurence, B.R.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2851
DA  - 1981-07-31
KW  - Atrophy of legs
KW  - heteromorph
KW  - parasitic life
AB  - Surprenant polymorphisme des formes immatures chez l acarien plumicole Kiwialges palametrichus (Astigmata, Analgidae). - In Kiwialges palametrichus, the morphology of the larvae and the male nymphs ressembles that of the adults. In contrast, the female nymphs are very different and, also, the female tritonymph differs morphologically from the female protonymph. The authors believe that these differences must be associated with the ecology of the nymphal stages. They suggest that, whereas the adults, male nymphs and larvae live in the plumage of the kiwi, part of the life of the female nymphs is in the skin.
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