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Science 16 September 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3429, pp. 738 - 739
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3429.738
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Factors in Phoretic Association of a Mite and Fly

Bernard Greenberg 1 and Paul D. Carpenter 1

1 College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago

Combined rearing of the mite Myianoetus muscarum (L.), and the fly Muscina stabulans (Fall.) has revealed adaptations of the hypopus to a series of fly factors. These adaptations favor the mite's dispersal. Hypopi are attracted to the pupa by a volatile substance and cluster on the anterior end, from which the fly emerges.

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