O’Connor, B., North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators

Author	O’Connor, B.
Title	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators
Type	Web Site/Page
How Complete	All the World species known at the time
Source	insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/
Review (by Malcolm Storey)	World species list (surprisingly long!), key to families of North American bee mites (very technical), keys to genera of selected families (and species of selected genera), species accounts for some groups including stacked photomicrographs. Chaetodactylidae receives full treatment, but Parasitus and Parasitellus have only brief coverage.
Examine	Compound Microscope
Website url	insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/

Notes & Purpose	Status	Taxon	English	Classification
For identification	Current	CHAETODACTYLIDAE	a family of bee mites	Animalia: Astigmata
	Current	PARASITIDAE	a family of Parasitoid mites	Animalia: Mesostigmata

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