Pseudoscorpion Hang Gliding - Surprise Phoresy

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Let's go over a 2021 paper finding pseudoscorpions attached to flying insects

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:38 What is Phoresy
03:15 What are Pseudoscorpions
05:09 What the paper found

Article: https://bioone.org/journals/arachnologische-mitteilungen/volume-61/issue-1/aramit6104/New-records-of-phoretic-associations-between-pseudoscorpions-and-their-hosts/10.30963/aramit6104.full?tab=ArticleLinkFigureTable

Photos: Jana Christophoryová, Martina Červená, and Katarína Krajčovičová "New records of phoretic associations between pseudoscorpions and their hosts in Slovakia (Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae, Chernetidae)," Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters 61(1), 24-26, (5 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6104

Malaise Trap: [Photo by O. Kurina] Kurina O, Mantič M, Ševčík J (2017) A remarkable new genus of Keroplatidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the Afrotropical region, with DNA sequence data. African Invertebrates 58(1): 93-105. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.58.12655, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons