Androlaelaps schaeferi (formerly known as Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi) is a mite that lives on the Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa). While it was formerly believed that it sucks body fluid from its host, coloring experiments have shown that this is false. Instead, it takes part in its host's meal. They are usually concentrated between the host's legs and around the spiracles.[1][2]
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| Species: | A. schaeferi
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| Androlaelaps schaeferi (Till, 1969)
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References
edit- ^ Jonathan Neal (Associate Professor of Entomology at Purdue University) (September 14, 2013). "Living With Hissing Cockroaches". Living with Insects.
- ^ Ashley Jessee. "Madagascan hissing cockroach". ADW.
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- Joel Hallan Biology Catalog: Laelapidae
- Yoder, J.A. & Barcelona, J.C. Jr. (1995). Food and water resources used by the Madagascan hissing-cockroach mite, Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi. Experimental and Applied Acarology 19(5):259-273. doi:10.1007/BF00052618