Chaetodactylus krombeini
Chaetodactylus krombeini was described by Karl Krombein and E. W. Baker in 1962.
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The mites are about 0.5 mm across, with the females larger than the males. Pollen mites are a kleptoparasitic pest of megachilid solitary bees, with Ch. krombeini found with Osmia lignaria of North America,. Pollen mites do not feed on bees, but rather their provisions, and are harmful because they consume the food resources and starve or stunt the developing larvae; there is evidence that pollen mites also directly harm the egg by puncturing it.
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