Tags: Arachnid.
Androlaelaps schaeferi (formerly known as Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi) is a mite that lives on the Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa). While it was formerly believed that it sucks body fluid from its host coloring experiments have shown that this is false. Instead it takes part in its host’s meal. They are usually concentrated between the host’s legs and around the spiracles.
