Zygoribatula longiporosa hammer (Oribatei: Acarina), and intermediat host of Moniezia benedeni (Moniez) (Anoplocephalidae: Cestoda) in Australia.

Abstract

An examination of oribateid mites from cattle pastures in south-east Queensland showed Zygoribatula longiporosa Hammer to be the only species infested with cysticercoids. By feeding a number of these mites from a cattle pasture to a worm-free calf, the cysticercoids proved to be those of Moniezia benedeni (Moniez 1879). Cysticercoids of a similar type were also found in Z. longiporosa collected from a sheep pasture.