Achaetodactylus ceratinae (Fain, 1974)

Fig. 1. Achaetodactylus ceratinae, phoretic deutonymph, ex Ceratina opaca, South Africa, BMOC 04-0508-286 Click to enlarge

Phoretic deutonymphs of Achaetodactylus ceratinae at the entrances of the axillar acarinaria (arrows) of Ceratina opaca from South Africa. , BMOC 04-0508-286

Fig. 2. Phoretic deutonymphs of Achaetodactylus ceratinae at the entrances of the axillar acarinaria (arrows) of Ceratina opaca from South Africa. , BMOC 04-0508-286 Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Achaetodactylus

Achaetodactylus ceratinae (Fain, 1974)

Chaetodactylus ceratinae Fain, 1974a: 214 (short description, holotype and 80 paratype HDNs in MRAC)

Chaetodactylus (Achaetodactylus) ceratinae: Fain, 1981b: 4, Figs. 1,2,9 (unjustified paratype assignment (from Tanzania and South Africa), emendation of paratype repository (IRSNB))

Achaetodactylus ceratinae: Klimov et al., 2007a: 1371; Klimov et al., 2007b: 120, Fig. 1C; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 215

Material (show database records).

Biology. Found in the axillar acarinarium of Ceratina nigriceps (Fig. 2) (Klimov et al., 2007b).
Distribution (show map). Kenya: Nairobi (type locality), Tanzania, South Africa

Hosts
Ceratina (Hirashima) lativentris Friese, 1905 (type host)
Ceratina (Hirashima) nigriceps Friese, 1905 (as Ceratina apaca = lapsus for Ceratina opaca)

References
Fain, A. 1974. Nouveaux hypopes phoretiques d'hymenopteres africains (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). Revue de Zoologie Africaine.88: 213-219.
Fain, A. 1981. Notes on the hypopi of the genus Chaetodactylus Rondani, 1866 (Acari, Chaetodactylidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie.53: 1-9.
Klimov, P. B. & B. M. OConnor. 2008. Morphology, evolution, and host associations of bee-associated mites of the family Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata), with a monographic revision of North American taxa. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan.199: 1-243.
Klimov, P. B., B. M. OConnor & L. L. Knowles. 2007a. Museum specimens and phylogenies elucidate ecology' s role in coevolutionary associations between mites and their bee hosts. Evolution.61: 1368-1379.
Klimov, P. B., S. B. Vinson & B. M. OConnor. 2007b. Acarinaria in associations of apid bees and chaetodactylid mites. Invertebrate Systematics.21: 109-136.
OConnor, B. M. 1993. Generic relationships in the Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus. Acarologia.34: 345-362.