ectoparasitic mites and their drosophila hosts. | only two parasite interactions are known for drosophila to date: allantonematid nematodes associated with mycophagous drosophilids and the ectoparasitic mite macrocheles subbadius with the sonoran desert endemic drosophila nigrospiracula. unlike the nematode-drosophila association, breadth of mite parasitism on drosophila species is unknown. as m. subbadius is a generalist, parasitism of additional drosophilids is expected. we determined the extent and distribution of mite parasitism in nature d ... | 2017 | 27540774 |