''Pelzneria'' is a genus of mites in the family
Acaridae.
Species of Pelzneria are most often associated with small vertebrate
carrion
Carrion () is the decaying flesh of dead animals, including human flesh.
Overview
Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters (or scavengers) include crows, vultures, c ...
, and most species are
phoretic
Phoresis or phoresy is a non-permanent, commensalistic interaction in which one organism (a phoront or phoretic) attaches itself to another (the host) solely for the purpose of travel. Phoresis has been observed directly in ticks and mites s ...
on
silphid beetles of the genus
Nicrophorus
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus ''Nicrophorus'', are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their nameā ...
.
Species
* ''
Pelzneria afluctuosa''
Mahunka, 1978
* ''
Pelzneria crenulatus''
(Oudemans, 1909)
* ''
Pelzneria meyerae''
Mahunka, 1979
References
Acaridae
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