Link to my complete #blogarticle about #Opuntioideae, aspects of its phylogeny with focus on #Maihueniopsis-like species, which branch off more basically in the tree of Opuntioideae. It's also about the #phoretic decomposer mites #Bonomoia #opuntiae and B. sp. on two Opuntia species and the parasite #Dactylopius Zimmermannii (#Coccoidea) on Maihueniopsis.

©#StefanFWirth Berlin 2024

Full blog article:

https://twitter.com/wirthstef/status/1751020140898971776?t=g1V3iHe4mW_ahQLWzdPr4g&s=19

Photo: B. opuntiae feeding, #SEM © StefanFWirth