Biology:Aethosoma

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Short description: Genus of mites

Aethosoma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Macrochelidae
Genus: Aethosoma
Krantz, 1962

Aethosoma is a genus of mites in the family Macrochelidae.[1] Aethosoma burchellestes is a myrmecophile and has been found near colonies of army ants. [2]

References

  1. "Aethosoma". https://www.gbif.org/species/4665919. Retrieved 2020-01-25. 
  2. Rettenmeyer, Carl W. (1962). "Notes on Host Specificity and Behavior of Myrmecophilous Macrochelid Mites". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society (Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society) 35 (4): 358–360. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25083278. Retrieved 2022-04-21. 

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