Luciaphorus sp. mites were collected from infested L.
squarrosulus composts obtained from Rapeephan mushroom
farm in Khon Kaen province in the Northeast of Thailand.
A pair of male and female mites was maintained at 28◦C
using fresh L. squarrosulus spawn that was grown on sawdust
and sorghum grains in a glass bottle. The offspring that were
in-house bred inside this glass bottle were used for all the
experiments.
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