''Blattisocius'' is a genus of

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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 ...

Description

Adult females of ''Blattisocius'' have a dorsal shield that is undivided and lacks midlateral incisions. The sternal shield either has 3 pairs of Seta, 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 Spiracle (arthropods), stigma. The corniculi are slender and narrowly separated. The fixed digit of the Chelicerae, chelicera has a filiform pilus dentilis. The tectum is convex in shape.

Ecology

''Blattisocius'' have been found on/in live plants (e.g. Rose, roses, citrus trees, apple trees), vegetables, stored foods, animal nests (including bee nests), live insects and insect cultures. They are generally considered to be predators of microarthropods. The species ''B. patagiorum'' is believed to be parasitic on Noctuidae, noctuid moths.

Species

* ''Blattisocius aegypticus'' Nasr, Nawar & Afifi, 1988 * ''Blattisocius apis'' Basha & Yousef, 2001 * ''Blattisocius apisassociae'' Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 1995 * ''Blattisocius capsicum'' Basha & Yousef, 2001 * ''Blattisocius changjiangensis'' (Ma, 2006) * ''Blattisocius daci'' (Narayan & Ghai, 1961) * ''Blattisocius dentriticus'' (Berlese, 1918) * ''Blattisocius dolichus'' Ma, 2006 * ''Blattisocius edentata'' (Karg, 1976) * ''Blattisocius everti'' Britto, Lopes & De Moraes, 2012 * ''Blattisocius incisus'' Bhattacharyya, 1977 * ''Blattisocius keegani'' Fox, 1947 * ''Blattisocius mali'' (Oudemans, 1929) * ''Blattisocius patagiorum'' Treat, 1966 * ''Blattisocius quadridentatus'' Haines, 1979 * ''Blattisocius tarsalis'' (Berlese, 1918) * ''Blattisocius thaicocofloris'' Oliveira, Chandrapatya & De Moraes, 2015 * ''Blattisocius urticana'' (Nesbitt, 1954) Possibly also: * ''Blattisocius othreisae'' Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 1995

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6471133 Acari genera Mesostigmata