In The Coleoptera, there are several beetles that are in vitro parasites of mammals, mainly species of the hermit family Aceta, such as beaver hermits, which live on the surface of the beaver, and larvae and adults feed on the epidermal tissue of beavers, causing epidermal trauma and triggering the skin to produce secretions or exudates. Beavers are tiny, wingless and eyeless like most other ectoparasites, and their flattened dorsal bodies are suitable for gliding between beaver hairs.
Small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)
There are several types of beetles that are stealing parasites of other invertebrates, the most famous of which is a pest in the bee's peak nest, called the small peak room beetle, which is a beetle of the family Anchovy. It is mainly found in Africa, but is also found in many other places, such as North America, Australia and the Philippines. The small hive beetles specialize in plundering the fruits of the bees' labor, and the larvae and adults feed on honey and pollen from the hives and hives. Moreover, the larvae also drill moth tunnels in the hive and excrete feces in it, which seriously damages the hive structure and the living environment of the bees, causing chaos in the bee colony, and seriously causing the bees to abandon the hive.
Some beetles are hermit or symbiotic animals in the nests of social insects such as ants, and they do not adversely affect their hosts. There are a small number of beetles, mainly parasitizing in other insects, they are insect parasites, can feed on the cells and tissues in the insect's body, and finally kill the host.
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Extraparasite
Staphylinoidea
[Hermit Family] Leptinidae
【Beaver Hermit A】 Hermit A Platypsyllus castoris
Beavers, Castor spp.
[Theft parasitism] Kleptoparasitism
Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida
Nitidulidae
[Hermit animals] inquilines