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Fig. 4. Saproglyphus sp. (ex Osmia aquilonaria) phoretic deutonymph prodorsum.

Fig. 5. Saproglyphus sp. (ex Osmia aquilonaria) phoretic deutonymph gnathosoma, ventral view.

Fig. 6. Saproglyphus sp. (ex Osmia aquilonaria) phoretic deutonymph leg I, dorsal view.

Fig. 7. Saproglyphus sp. (ex Osmia aquilonaria) phoretic deutonymph leg III-IV, ventral view.

Fig. 8. Saproglyphus neglectus female, dorsal view.

Fig. 9. Saproglyphus neglectus female, ventral view.

Fig. 10. Saproglyphus neglectus female prodorsum.

Fig. 11. Saproglyphus neglectus female legs I-II.

Fig. 12. Saproglyphus neglectus female leg III.

Fig. 13. Phoretic deutonymphs of Saproglyphus on bee Osmia aquilonaria; photo by Lindsey Seastone & Laura Hartmann, ITP.

Fig. 1. Schulzea caucasica phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Schulzea caucasica phoretic deutonymph, ventral view.

Fig. 1. Scutacarus acarorum female, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Scutacarus acarorum female, ventral view.

Fig. 3. Scutacarus acarorum female prodorsal trichobothrium.

Fig. 4. Scutacarus acarorum female gnathosoma, ventral view.

Fig. 5. Scutacarus acarorum female leg I.

Fig. 6. Scutacarus acarorum female leg IV.

Fig. 7. Scutacarus acarorum females on lateral mesosoma of Bombus affinis; photo by Barry OConnor, University of Michigan.

Fig. 1. Sennertia americana phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 2. Sennertia cerambycina phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 3. Sennertia loricata phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 4. Sennertia loricata phoretic deutonymph, ventral view.

Fig. 5. Sennertia donaldi phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 6. Sennertia haustrifera phoretic deutonymph, dorsal view.

Fig. 7. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia have only one shield dorsally: the hysterosomal shield; propodosomal shield is absent in all species of Sennertia. Different shapes of hysterosomal shields are shown.

Fig. 8. Feeding stages (females, males, and nymphs) of Sennertia sp. of the vaga species-group phoretic on the bee Centris mourei.

Fig. 9. Aggregations of phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia robusta on the large carpenter bee Xylocopa fenestrata.

Fig. 10. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia segnis on the large carpenter bee Xylocopa californica.

Fig. 11. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia bifilis and Horstia trifilis on bee Xylocopa coronata combinata.

Fig. 12. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia tanythrix dispersing on the head of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa torrida.

Fig. 13. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia surinamensis on bee Ceratina chloris.