Androlaelaps schaeferi

Taxobox | name = "Androlaelaps schaeferi"

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image_caption = Adults and juveniles
image_width = 230px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
ordo = Parasitiformes
familia = Laelapidae
subfamilia = Hypoaspidinae
genus = "Androlaelaps"
species = "A. schaeferi"
binomial = "Androlaelaps schaeferi"
binomial_authority = (Till, 1969)
synonyms = "Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi"

"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 not the case. Instead, it takes part in its host's meal. They are usually concentrated between the host's legs and around the spiracles.

References

* Joel Hallan Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Laelapidae.txt 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