caa a22 4500 469061057 CHVBK 20180323132857.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01193966 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01193966 Zhang Zhi-Qiang Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Comstock Hall, 14853, Ithaca, NY, USA aut Phototactic and geotactic responses in Allothrombium pulvinum larvae (Acari: Trombidiidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Zhi-Qiang Zhang] Phototactic and geotactic responses of larvae ofAllothrombium pulvinum Ewing were examined in the laboratory.Allothrombium pulvinum larvae showed positive phototaxis and negative geotaxis. Positive phototaxis and negative geotaxis in larvalA. pulvinum and other trombidioids are adaptive, because these mechanisms help mites that hatch in dark soil to find hosts on plants above ground in the light. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1992 Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/1(1992-07-01), 41-47 0168-8162 15:1<41 1992 15 10493 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193966 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193966 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Zhang Zhi-Qiang Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Comstock Hall, 14853, Ithaca, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/1(1992-07-01), 41-47 0168-8162 15:1<41 1992 15 10493 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer