Bee Mites :
Acari :
Acariformes :
Sarcoptiformes :
Chaetodactylidae : Centriacarus
Centriacarus guahibo Klimov and OConnor, 2007
Centriacarus guahibo Klimov & OConnor, 2007: 817, Figs 5,6; Klimov et al., 2007a: 1371; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 100
Description. Phoretic deutonymph. Setae c1 usually reaching or extending beyond bases of d1, c1/c1-d1 1.1 0.7-1.3 (1.0±0.17). Setae 3a and 1a longer than 4b, distinctly shorter than c3. Ratio 3a/c3 1.0-2.0 (1.4±0.19), 1a/c3 1.5-2.1 (1.7±0.16). Setae 4b nearly equal to c3, 1a/c3 0.7-1.2 (1.0±0.12).
Material (show database records). Holotype: HDN - VENEZUELA: Territorio Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina, base camp, 120 m, ex Centris sp2, on propodeum, 5 Feb 1984, Rozen & Stupakoff, AMNH 26408, BMOC 04-0508-239. Paratypes: 21 HDNs - same data as holotype; 19 HDNs - same data, on propodeum & 1st metasomal tergite, AMNH BMOC 04-0508-238.
Holotype in AMNH, paratypes in AMNH, OSU, UMMZ.
Distribution. (show map) Venezuela: Territorio Amazonas.
Hosts. Centris sp.
Etymology. Guahibo is an Indian tribe of the Amazon Rain Forest of Venezuela. The name is a noun in apposition.
References
Klimov, P. B. & B. M. OConnor. 2007. Ancestral area analysis of chaetodactylid mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), with description of new early derivative genus and six new species from the Neotropics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100: 810-829.
Klimov, P. B., B. M. OConnor & L. L. Knowles. 2007. Museum specimens and phylogenies elucidate ecology' s role in coevolutionary associations between mites and their bee hosts. Evolution.61: 1368-1379.
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.
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