Phoresy in animals: review and synthesis of a common but understudied mode of dispersal

Ecological fitting: Chemical profiles of plant hosts provide insights on selection cues and preferences for a major buprestid pest

(2020) Donnie L. Peterson et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Ramusella (Dosangoppia) bochkovi (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae), a new subgenus and species of oribatid mites phoretic on Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771) (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) from Russia

(2019) Sergey G. Ermilov et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Facultative parasites as evolutionary stepping-stones towards parasitic lifestyles

(2019) Lien T. Luong et al.   Biology Letters

Density‐dependent fitness effects stabilize parasitic hitchhiking within a mutualism

(2019) Satyajeet Gupta et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Phoresy and Within-colony Transmission of Nematodes Associated with Alates of Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

(2018) Jeremiah R Foley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Host use dynamics in a heterogeneous fitness landscape generates oscillations in host range and diversification

(2018) Mariana P Braga et al.   EVOLUTION

Dynamic associations between Ips sexdentatus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and its phoretic mites in a Pinus pinaster forest in northwest Spain

(2018) M. Paraschiv et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

First report of phoresy by an oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) on a triatomine bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

(2018) Etienne Waleckx et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

Phoretic dispersal influences parasite population genetic structure

(2018) Emily DiBlasi et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Three new species of parasitaphelenchids, Parasitaphelenchus frontalis n. sp., P. costati n. sp. and Bursaphelenchus hirsutae n. sp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae), isolated from bark beetles from Japan

(2018) Natsumi Kanzaki et al.   NEMATOLOGY

The potential for host switching via ecological fitting in the emerald ash borer-host plant system

(2018) Don Cipollini et al.   OECOLOGIA

Embracing Colonizations: A New Paradigm for Species Association Dynamics

(2018) Sören Nylin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Macrocheles kekensis sp. n., a new macrochelid mite associated with a centoniin beetle from Hungary (Acari, Mesostigmata)

(2018) Jenő Kontschán   ZooKeys

First record of the genus Punicodoxa (Acari: Microdispidae) from Asia, with description of a new species phoretic on termites (Insecta: Isoptera)

(2018) Shahrzad Azhari et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

A new Aculodes species (Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski (Poaceae) 

(2018) Enrico De Lillo et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Evidence of avian-mediated long distance dispersal in American tardigrades

(2018) Matthew J. Mogle et al.   PeerJ

The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), Disperses the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Annand) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae)

(2018) Christy Leppanen et al.   COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN

New taxa of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with Trinervitermes trinervoides (Sjostedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae) from South Africa

(2018) Alexander A. Khaustov et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

Observations of Meloe (Coleoptera) Larvae Hitchhiking on Parnassius clodius (Papilionidae) in Grand Teton National Park

(2018) Logan Crees et al.   JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS SOCIETY

Standing on the shoulders of giants: young aphids piggyback on adults when searching for a host plant

(2018) Moshe Gish et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Analysis of the phoretic relationships between mites of the genus Trichouropoda Berlese (Parasitiformes: Uropodina) and the longhorn beetle Plagionotus detritus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) based on multiannual observations in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Central Europe

(2018) Szymon Konwerski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

New species and records of the genera Scutacarus and Imparipes (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Scutacaridae) associated with Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) from Iran

(2018) AMIN NAVABI et al.   ZOOTAXA

A new species, new genus and new records of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmata) phoretic on scarab beetles of the subfamily Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

(2018) ALEXANDER A. KHAUSTOV et al.   ZOOTAXA

Fitness costs of phoretic nematodes in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides

(2018) Yin Wang et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Dispersal of Attaphila fungicola, a symbiotic cockroach of leaf-cutter ants

(2017) Z. I. Phillips et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

New record of a phoretic flea associated with earwigs (Dermaptera, Arixeniidae) and a redescription of the bat flea Lagaropsylla signata (Siphonaptera, Ischnopsyllidae)

(2017) Michael W. Hastriter et al.   ZooKeys

Phoretic Poecilochirus mites specialize on their burying beetle hosts

(2017) Volker Nehring et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Walk or ride? Phoretic behaviour of amblyceran and ischnoceran lice

(2016) Andrew W. Bartlow et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Occurrence of the pseudoscorpions Ellingsenius ugandanus and Paratemnoides pallidus in honey bee colonies in Cameroon

(2016) Ayuka T Fombong et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Medium-sized forest snails survive passage through birds' digestive tract and adhere strongly to birds' legs: more evidence for passive dispersal mechanisms

(2016) Jasna Simonová et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Ultrastructural Characterization of the Lower Motor System in a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

(2016) Valentina Cappello et al.   Scientific Reports

Seed fate and decision-making processes in scatter-hoarding rodents

(2015) Nathanael I. Lichti et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Hold your breath beetle-Mites!

(2015) Agnieszka Gudowska et al.   EVOLUTION

Allodiplogaster josephin. sp. and A. seanin. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogastridae), associates of soil-dwelling bees in the eastern USA

(2015) Natsumi Kanzaki et al.   NEMATOLOGY

First reported observation of phoresy of pseudoscorpions on an endemic New Zealand mammal, the lesser short-tailed bat,Mystacina tuberculata

(2015) GR Finlayson et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) shigaensis sp. nov. (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) whose larvae are phoretic on nymphs of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Japan

(2015) YASUE INOUE et al.   ZOOTAXA

Travelling at a slug’s pace: possible invertebrate vectors of Caenorhabditis nematodes

(2015) Carola Petersen et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Understanding Host-Switching by Ecological Fitting

(2015) Sabrina B. L. Araujo et al.   PLoS One

New Species and New Record of the GenusCaesarodispus(Acari: Heterostigmatina: Microdispidae) Phoretic onTemnothoraxsp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2014) Amir Loghmani et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI

Ixodes ricinus (Ixodidae), an occasional phoront on necrophagous and coprophagous beetles in Europe

(2014) Marta I. Saloña-Bordas et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Testing predictions of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis of experimental evidence for distance- and density-dependent seed and seedling survival

(2014) Liza S. Comita et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bursaphelenchus penai n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Aphelenchoididae), a phoretic associate of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) from avocado in Florida

(2014) Natsumi Kanzaki et al.   NEMATOLOGY

Bursaphelenchus niphades n. sp. (Tylenchina: Aphelenchoididae) amensally associated with Niphades variegatus (Roelofs) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

(2014) Suguru E. Tanaka et al.   NEMATOLOGY

Mites of the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata: Neopygmephoridae, Pygmephoridae) associated with Trox cadaverinus (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from the Far East of Russia, with description of a new genus and two new species

(2014) ALEXANDR A. KHAUSTOV et al.   ZOOTAXA

Phoretic mites identified on andean hummingbirds (Trochilidae) of Caldas, Colombia

(2014) Natalia López-Orozco et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

Morphological diversity of pedicels in phoretic deutonymphs of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata)

(2013) Daria Bajerlein et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Earthworms as phoretic hosts for Steinernema carpocapsae and Beauveria bassiana: Implications for enhanced biological control

(2013) David I. Shapiro-Ilan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Chemical Signals Synchronize the Life Cycles of a Plant-Parasitic Nematode and Its Vector Beetle

(2013) Lilin Zhao et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nematodes that Ride Insects: Unforeseen Consequences of Arriving Species§

(2013) Robin M. Giblin-Davis et al.   FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST

The dauer hypothesis and the evolution of parasitism: 20years on and still going strong

(2013) Matt Crook   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Two new species of the genus Sennertia (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) phoretic on Carpenter bees from west Bengal, India

(2013) Poulami Sarangi et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY

A Case of Phoresis of Sphaeriids by Corixids: First Report for the Americas

(2013) Diego G. Zelaya et al.   MALACOLOGIA

Picky hitch-hikers: vector choice leads to directed dispersal and fat-tailed kernels in a passively dispersing mite

(2013) Emanuel A. Fronhofer et al.   OIKOS

Phoretic dispersal of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis amazonensis by the beetle Calosoma granulatum

(2013) Natalia Ramos Mertz et al.   PHYTOPARASITICA

Boundary lines in symbiosis forms

(2013) Eric Parmentier et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Phoretic interaction between the kangaroo leech Marsupiobdella africana (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) and the cape river crab Potamonautes perlatus (Decapoda: Potamonautidae)

(2013) Mathieu Badets et al.   International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife

Species-specific recognition of the carrier insect by dauer larvae of the nematode Caenorhabditis japonica

(2012) E. Okumura et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lepadidae barnacles (Lepadiformes: Lepadomorpha) in association with copepods parasitising pelagic elasmobranchs in the Western Pacific

(2012) IP Jacobsen et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group

(2012) Michael S. Brewer et al.   PLoS One

Ancient Ephemeroptera–Collembola Symbiosis Fossilized in Amber Predicts Contemporary Phoretic Associations

(2012) David Penney et al.   PLoS One

Prerequisites for flying snails: external transport potential of aquatic snails by waterbirds

(2012) C. H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   Freshwater Science

Phoretic Arthropods of the Red Imported Fire Ant in Central Louisiana

(2011) J. C. Moser et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Ehrlich and Raven Revisited: Mechanisms Underlying Codiversification of Plants and Enemies

(2011) Niklas Janz   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Phoresy in the field: natural occurrence of Trichogramma egg parasitoids on butterflies and moths

(2011) Nina E. Fatouros et al.   BIOCONTROL

News records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest

(2011) Leandro T. Sabagh et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A Comparison of Frugivory and Scatter-Hoarding Seed-Dispersal Syndromes

(2011) Stephen B. Vander Wall et al.   BOTANICAL REVIEW

Attachment of the Freshwater LimpetLaevapex fuscusto the Hemelytra of the Water BugBelostoma flumineum

(2011) Andrea C. Walther et al.   JOURNAL OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY

Ectoparasitism and phoresy in Thysanoptera: the case ofAulacothrips dictyotus(Heterothripidae) in the Neotropical savanna

(2011) Estevão Alves-Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

How specialists can be generalists: resolving the "parasite paradox" and implications for emerging infectious disease

(2011) Salvatore J. Agosta et al.   Zoologia

‘Hitchhiker’ polynoid polychaetes in cold deep waters and their potential influence on benthic soft bottom food webs

(2010) Stefano Schiaparelli et al.   ANTARCTIC SCIENCE

Invasion pathway and potential risks of a bamboo-nesting carpenter bee, Xylocopa tranquebarorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae), and its micro-associated mite introduced into Japan

(2010) Kimiko Okabe et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Positive and negative effects of phoretic mites on the reproductive output of an invasive bark beetle

(2010) Lisa K. Hodgkin et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Conditional Mutualism BetweenAllodynerus delphinalis(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) andEnsliniella parasitica(Astigmata: Winterschmidtiidae) May Determine Maximum Parasitic Mite Infestation

(2010) K. Okabe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

A hitchhiker’s guide to a crowded syconium: how do fig nematodes find the right ride?

(2010) Anusha Krishnan et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Invertebrate dispersal by aquatic mammals: a case study with nutria Myocastor coypus (Rodentia, Mammalia) in Southern France

(2010) Aline Waterkeyn et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Phoretic Dispersal of Armored Scale Crawlers (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

(2010) J. Magsig-Castillo et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

The first internal molecular phylogeny of the animal phylum Entoprocta (Kamptozoa)

(2010) Judith Fuchs et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition

(2009) M. Alejandra Perotti et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Do mites phoretic on elm bark beetles contribute to the transmission of Dutch elm disease?

(2009) John C. Moser et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Hitch-hiking parasitic wasp learns to exploit butterfly antiaphrodisiac

(2009) Martinus E. Huigens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Balancing biodiversity in a changing environment: extinction debt, immigration credit and species turnover

(2009) Stephen T. Jackson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

How to become a parasite – lessons from the genomes of nematodes

(2009) Christoph Dieterich et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Symbionts of marine medusae and ctenophores

(2009) Susumu Ohtsuka et al.   Plankton & Benthos Research

Parasitic and Phoretic Arthropods of the Oldfield Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus) from Burned Habitats with Additional Ectoparasite Records from the Eastern Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) and Southern Short-Tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis)

(2008) Todd N. Nims et al.   COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY

A Conserved Endocrine Mechanism Controls the Formation of Dauer and Infective Larvae in Nematodes

(2008) Akira Ogawa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ecological fitting by phenotypically flexible genotypes: implications for species associations, community assembly and evolution

(2008) Salvatore J. Agosta et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dispersal of freshwater invertebrates by large terrestrial mammals: a case study with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Mediterranean wetlands

(2008) BRAM VANSCHOENWINKEL et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

A hitchhiker’s guide to parasite transmission: The phoretic behaviour of feather lice

(2008) Christopher W. Harbison et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

A macroevolutionary mosaic: episodic host-switching, geographical colonization and diversification in complex host-parasite systems

(2008) Eric P. Hoberg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Adaptations to host infection and larval parasitism in Unionoida

(2008) M. Christopher Barnhart et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae)

(2008) Marco A. Bologna et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Parasitic mites as part-time bodyguards of a host wasp

(2008) K. Okabe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES