2019 Ecosystem Transformation 2 (2), 29–33
Cases of unintentional phoresy of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) on birds
Alexey S. Sazhnev , Aleksandr V. Matyukhin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23859/estr-190311Volume: 2
Number: 2
Pages: 29–33
Received: 11.03.2019
Accepted: 14.03.2019
Available online: 20.05.2019
Published: 14.06.2019
ISSN 2619-094X Print
ISSN 2619-0931 Online
Cases of unintentional phoresy of adult beetles on birds are discussed in this article. Five species of beetles from families Anobiidae, Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae and Dermestidae were recorded on five species of birds (families Columbidae, Muscicapidae, Phasianidae and Turdidae). Three species of beetles are openly living phytophages, and two species are invasive and/or cryptogenic nidicoles. The associations of beetles with nests increase the possibility of transferring phoronts during bird migrations possibly serving as one of the manifestations (avi-vector) of invasive species dispersal processes.
Alexey S. Sazhnev
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia
PhD in Biology
sazh@list.ru
Aleksandr V. Matyukhin
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, research scientist
Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia
PhD in Biology
amatyukhin53@mail.ru
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Keywords: ecology, phoresy, beetles, birds, distribution, invasion
For citation: Sazhnev, A.S., Matyukhin, A.V., 2019. Cases of unintentional phoresy of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) on birds. Ecosystem Transformation 2 (2), 29–33.