| Macrocheles muscaedomesticae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Macrochelidae |
| Genus: | Macrocheles |
| Species: | M. muscaedomesticae |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Scopoli, 1772) | |
Macrocheles muscaedomesticae is a species of mite in the family Macrochelidae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution.
This mite species feeds on flies in their egg, larval and (possibly) adult stages, and also attaches to adult flies for dispersal (phoresis). Its hosts include houseflies (Musca domestica), drosophilid flies (Drosophila hydei) and stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans).
References
- "Macrocheles muscaedomesticae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Durkin, Emily S.; Proctor, Heather; Luong, Lien T. (2019-12-01). "Life history of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Parasitiformes: Macrochelidae): new insights on life history and evidence of facultative parasitism on Drosophila". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 79 (3): 309–321. doi:10.1007/s10493-019-00431-y. ISSN 1572-9702. PMID 31673886. S2CID 204942853.
- ^ Beresford, D. V.; Sutcliffe, J. F. (2009-08-04). "The effect of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae and M. subbadius (Acarina: Macrochelidae) phoresy on the dispersal of Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae)". Systematic and Acarology Acarology Special Publications. 23: 1–30. doi:10.11158/saasp.23.1.1. ISSN 1461-0183. S2CID 45341421.
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