Carabodes femoralis
| Carabodes femoralis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Family: | Carabodidae |
| Genus: | Carabodes |
| Species: | C. femoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Carabodes femoralis (Nicolet, 1855)
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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
- ^ Schneider K, Renker C, Maraun M (2005). "Oribatid mite (Acari, Oribatida) feeding on ectomycorrhizal fungi". Mycorrhiza. 16 (1): 67–72. Bibcode:2005Mycor..16...67S. doi:10.1007/s00572-005-0015-8. PMID 16133254.