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Blattisocius
Sign in to saveBlattisocius is a genus of mites in the family Blattisociidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderMesostigmata
- FamilyBlattisociidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Blattisociidae
- Collections
- MZLU, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL), SAMA, UCONN, UWM
- Recorded in
- Iceland, United States, India, Australia, Panama, China
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Species
- References
Blattisocius is a genus of mites in the family Blattisociidae.
== Description == Adult females of Blattisocius have a dorsal shield that is undivided and lacks midlateral incisions. The sternal shield either has 3 pairs of setae or has 2 pairs with the 3rd pair st3 on partially separate platelets. Setae st4 are located either on soft cuticle or on the corners of the sternal shield platelets. There are no isolated metasternal plates. The epigynal shield is truncate posteriorly. The ventrianal shield ranges from subtriangular to bullet-shaped, and bears 3-4 pairs of preanal setae and 3 circumanal setae. The adanal setae are inserted anterior to the posterior margin of the anus. The peritrematic shield is slender, being barely wider than the stigma at the level of the stigma. The corniculi are slender and narrowly separated. The fixed digit of the chelicera has a filiform pilus dentilis. The tectum is convex in shape.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blattisocius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.