Chaetodactylus
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chaetodactylus-263-12575845
title:
Chaetodactylus
text:
Chaetodactylus is a genus of parasitic mite primarily associated with solitary bees with over 20 species. These mites usually kill young bee larvae and feed on provisioned pollen and nectar. In nests with partitions (Osmia), bees that develop in the innermost cells chew their way out of the nest, and phoretic deutonymphs from the opened cells may attach to them. The mites in the innermost cell may die because of their inability to break through the partition. In nests without partitions (Lithurg
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of mites
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetodactylus
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date modified:
2022-08-04T18:53:55Z
main entity:
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