''Blattisocius apis'' is a species of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

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Blattisociidae Blattisociidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. Description Blattisociidae are mites with the following features: dorsal shield entire or laterally incised and with 18-43 pairs of setae; female with usually more than four pairs ...

.Oliveira, D.C.; Chandrapatya, A.; De Moraes, G.J. 2015: A new species of ''Blattisocius'' (Acari: Mesostigmata: Blattisociidae), with a new characterisation of the genus. ''Zootaxa'', 4040(1): 93-100.

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Mesostigmata {{Mesostigmata-stub