home.social

#subspecies — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #subspecies, aggregated by home.social.

  1. RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115

    #Sarcoptes #scabiei var. hominis (#Astigmata, Acariformes) is a skin-#parasitic #mite that feeds on human #epidermal cells. Infection typically occurs via adult, mated #females.The mite has #subspecies found on both #domestic and #wild #animals. The #evolutionary direction was via #humanancestors to humans and from there #spreading first to domestic animals and then to wild animals (see ref).
    © #StefanFWirth 2026

    Reference
    R. W. Currier er al. (2012): doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.20

  2. The #dockbug #Coreus #marginatus (#Coreidae) is distributed from Europe to Asia. In #CentralEurope, it undergoes one generation per year, with the adults spending their #winter #diapause in hidden places. From October onwards, it can be found e.g. on the underside of #deadwood, as seen here in #Berlin's park Rehberge. T. O. Markova et al. (2020) did studies on the ecology of the #FarEast #subspecies C. m. orientalis.

    ©#StefanFWirth Bln 2025

    Ref
    doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820050

    Photos
    © S.F. Wirth