''Acarapis'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
s belonging to the family
Tarsonemidae
Tarsonemidae is a family of mites, also called thread-footed mites or white mites.
Only a limited number of tarsonemid genera (''Steneotarsonemus'', '' Polyphagotarsonemus'', '' Phytonemus'', '' Floridotarsonemus'' and ''Tarsonemus'') are known ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Acarapis dorsalis''
Morgenthaler, 1934
* ''
Acarapis externus''
Morgenthaler, 1931
* ''
Acarapis vagans''
Schneider, 1941
* ''
Acarapis woodi
''Acarapis woodi'' is an internal parasite affecting honey bees, the symptoms of infestation was originally observed on the Isle of Wight in 1904, but was not species description, described until 1921. ''Acarapis woodi'' mites live and reproduce ...
''
(Rennie, 1921)
References
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Trombidiformes
Trombidiformes genera