Chaetodactylus osmiae (Dufour, 1839)
(Osmia Bee-mite)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)
FamilyGLYCYPHAGIDAE (a family of mites)
SuperfamilyGLYCYPHAGOIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
CohortAstigmatina (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortDesmonomatides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite) :
1: Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)
9 Apr 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
On Red Mason bee colony in bee hotel
Image 1: Infected *Osmia bicornis* cells in bee hotel - natural backgroundImage 2: Phoretic deutonymphs on mating pair of Red Mason bees - natural backgroundImage 3: Infected *Osmia bicornis* cell in bee hotel - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 4: Massed inert heteromorphic deutonymphs on hidden surface in infected *Osmia bico - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 5: Massed inert heteromorphic deutonymphs on hidden surface in infected *Osmia bico - magnified - natural background

Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)
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