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

Interactions where Chaetodactylus osmiae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		kills larva			Osmia bicornis	Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kill			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/	Osmia bicornis	red mason bee or masonry bee				larva
		kills egg			Osmia bicornis	Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kill			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/	Osmia bicornis	red mason bee or masonry bee				egg
		kleptoparasitises pollen and nectar in nest cell			Osmia bicornis	Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kleptoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/	Osmia bicornis	red mason bee or masonry bee			pollen and nectar in nest cell
deutonymph		deutonymph hitches a ride on adult			Osmia bicornis	Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite				deutonymph	Animal / phoresy			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/	Osmia bicornis	red mason bee or masonry bee				adult
deutonymph (immobile, heteromorphic)		immobile, heteromorphic deutonymph rests inside nest cell			Osmia bicornis	Red Mason Bee or Masonry Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite		immobile, heteromorphic		deutonymph	Animal / resting place / within			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia bicornis/	Osmia bicornis	red mason bee or masonry bee			nest cell
		kills egg			Osmia niveata	Jersey Mason Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kill			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia niveata/	Osmia niveata	jersey mason bee				egg
		kills larvae			Osmia niveata	Jersey Mason Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kill			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia niveata/	Osmia niveata	jersey mason bee				larvae
		kleptoparasitises pollen and nectar in nest cell			Osmia niveata	Jersey Mason Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite					Animal / kleptoparasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia niveata/	Osmia niveata	jersey mason bee			pollen and nectar in nest cell
deutonymph		deutonymph hitches a ride on adult			Osmia niveata	Jersey Mason Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite				deutonymph	Animal / phoresy			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia niveata/	Osmia niveata	jersey mason bee				adult
deutonymph (immobile, heteromorphic)		immobile, heteromorphic deutonymph rests inside nest cell			Osmia niveata	Jersey Mason Bee	Hymenoptera: Megachilidae	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators, O'Connor, B.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Sarcoptiformes/Glycyphagidae/Chaetodactylus osmiae/	Chaetodactylus osmiae	Osmia bee-mite		immobile, heteromorphic		deutonymph	Animal / resting place / within			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Osmia niveata/	Osmia niveata	jersey mason bee			nest cell

Author & Year	Title	Source
O'Connor, B.	North American Bee-Associated Mites - potential threats to native and introduced pollinators	insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/beemites/

Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ACARI
(mites)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)
Family	GLYCYPHAGIDAE (a family of mites)
Superfamily	GLYCYPHAGOIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
Cohort	Astigmatina (a cohort of mites)
Supercohort	Desmonomatides (a supercohort of mites)
Suborder	ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
Order	SARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
Superorder	ACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
Subclass	ACARI (mites)
Class	ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
Subphylum	CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Chaetodactylus osmiae is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite)

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

ORIBATIDA
(oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)

SARCOPTIFORMES
(biting mites)

ACARIFORMES
(acariform mites)

ACARI
(mites)

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaetodactylus osmiae (Osmia Bee-mite):

ORIBATIDA
(oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)

SARCOPTIFORMES
(biting mites)

ACARIFORMES
(acariform mites)

ACARI
(mites)

ARACHNIDA
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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