An acarinarium is a specialized anatomical structure which is evolved to facilitate the retention of mites on the body of an organism, typically a bee or a wasp. The term was introduced by Walter Karl Johann Roepke.[1]
- ^ Walter Karl Johann Roepke (1920). "Verslag van de drie-en-vijftigste wintervergadering der Nederlandsche Entomologisch Vereeninging" [Report on the fifty-third winter meeting of the Dutch Entomological Society]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (in Dutch). 63: 11–18.