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Stylostome

Tube structure formed in response to trombiculid mite bites

The stylostome is a funnel- or channel-like structure formed in response to trombiculid mites. The formation is not caused by the mouthparts of the mites

Stylostome

Trombiculidae

Family of trombidiform mites

They do not actually bite, but instead form a hole in the skin, called a stylostome, and digest parts of the inner skin, causing irritation and swelling.

Trombiculidae

Trombicula

Genus of arachnids

do not actually "bite", but instead form a hole in the skin called a stylostome, and chew up tiny parts of the inner skin, thus causing severe irritation

Trombicula

Mites of domestic animals

Type of parasite of domestic animals

detached. Feeding by the larvae involves secretion of a feeding tube, the stylostome, into the host's skin. This remains when the larva detaches and proteins

Mites of domestic animals

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Erythraeidae

Family of mites

palp. The larvae bite a hole into the cuticula of the host and use a stylostome, which acts like a drinking straw, to drink body fluids dissolved tissues

Erythraeidae

Mites of livestock

Small crawling animals related to ticks and spiders

the skin by piercing the skin with, respectively, their chelicerae or a stylostome feeding tube. Mites at other sites feed by using their chelicerae to scrape

Mites of livestock

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Orientia tsutsugamushi

Species of bacterium

hair follicles or skin pores. In the process of feeding, they create a stylostome, which is a tube formed by solidified saliva. Their saliva can dissolve

Orientia tsutsugamushi

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Arrenurus

Genus of mites

of the host, the larval mite produces a stylostome, or small blind sac, within the host's body. Most stylostomes are able to resist assault by the host's

Arrenurus