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Androlaelaps casalis

Synonyms: Iphis casalis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Androlaelaps casalis is a species of mite. It is a predatory mite that lives on other mites and small invertebrates. It cannot bite or sting birds and humans because its mandibles are not designed for sucking but for predation on other mites. Because Androlaelaps casalis mites also feed off parasitic mites like Dermanyssus gallinae, individuals with red colored abdomens can be found. This is not due to any blood-sucking by A. casalis but is because it has ingested blood-engorged parasitic mites. There is some evidence that it may be associated with dermatitis in humans.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Carulaspis juniperi (juniper scale)[1]
Carulaspis minima (bermuda cedar scale)[1]
Kuwanaspis howardi (bamboo white scale)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Tyrophagus putrescentiae2

Providers

Parasite of 
Blarina carolinensis (Southern Short-tailed Shrew)[2]
Calomys lepidus (desert woodrat)[3]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
2Blarina carolinensis, Timothy S. McCay, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 673, pp. 1–7 (2001)
3Neotoma lepida, B. J. Verts and Leslie N. Carraway, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 699, pp. 1–12 (2002)
4Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0