Biology:Carabodes femoralis

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Short description: Species of mite

Carabodes femoralis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Oribatida
Family: Carabodidae
Genus: Carabodes
Species:
C. femoralis
Binomial name
Carabodes femoralis
(Nicolet, 1855)

Carabodes femoralis is a species of mite in the family Carabodidae. It was originally described as a species of Tegeocranus in 1855 by Swiss lithographer and entomologist Hercule Nicolet. It feeds on the fruit bodies of the bolete mushroom Boletus badius.[1]

References

  1. "Oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi". Mycorrhiza 16 (1): 67–72. 2005. doi:10.1007/s00572-005-0015-8. PMID 16133254. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4649316 entry