First Record of Phoresis between the Pseudoscorpion Lustrochernes minor Chamberlin, 1938 (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) and the Fruit Beetle Cotinis mutabilis (Gory & Percheron, 1883) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

The phoretic association between the pseudoscorpion species Lustrochernes minor and the fruit beetle Cotinis mutabilis is recorded for the first time, the small arachnids were found under the elytra of beetle. This phoretic association represents the first report for the family Scarabaeidae. Furthermore, this is the first documented occurrence of L. minor in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.