TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Color phototactic responses of an eyeless oribatid mite VL - 8 IS - 2 SP - 382 EP - 388 PY - 1966 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Woodring, J.P. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3672 DA - 1966-04-01 KW - Acari KW - physiology KW - senses KW - phototactic responses KW - Scheloribates parabilis AB - Oribatid mites lack photoreceptors; yct adults of Scheloribates parabilis showed an increasing negative phototactic response to U.V., white, and green light with increased intensity; a decreasing negative phototactic response to blue light with increased intensity; and an increasing positive phototactic response to increasing intensity of purple light. Light and heat relationships are discussed. Correlation is made with the presence of salivary glands in adult oribatids and phototactic responses. Immature stages lack salivary glands and show no response to light. ER -