Centriacarus turbator Klimov and OConnor, 2007 (Acari: Chaetodactylidae)

Phoretic deutonymph of the mite Centriacarus turbator ex Centris vittata, Brazil

Fig. 1. Phoretic deutonymph of the mite Centriacarus turbator (holotype), ex Centris vittata, Brazil. Click here to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Centriacarus

Centriacarus turbator Klimov and OConnor, 2007

Centriacarus turbator Klimov & OConnor, 2007: 816, Figs 2A,C-D; 3-4; Klimov et al., 2007a: 1371; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 100, Figs 47, 48.

Material (show database records). Holotype: HDN - BRAZIL: Mato Grosso do Sul, Aquidauana, ex Centris vittata propodeum, 11-12 Dec 1919, R.E. Harris, CUIC, BMOC 95-0422-026; Paratypes: same data as holotype - 14 HDNs; 5 HDNs - same data, BMOC 95-0422-025; 2 HDNs - Matto Grosso, Vila Vera, 12°46'S 55°30'W, ex C. vittata propodeum, 1 Oct 1973, M. Alvarenga, AMNH, BMOC 04-0508-229; 1 HDN - same data, on posterior wing bases, BMOC 04-0508-230; 13 HDNs - COLOMBIA: Magdalena, Socorpa Mission, Sierra de Perijá, ex C. vittata propodeum, 5-25 Aug 1968, B. Malkin, AMNH, BMOC 04-0508-234 ; 17 HDNs - MEXICO: Jalisco, Chamela (Estación de Biologia), ex Centris sp1 on propodeum, 6 Oct 1965, J. Rozen, AMNH, BMOC 04-0508-237; 16 HDNs - PANAMA: Colón, Isla Guacha [label reads Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Is.], ex C. vittata propodeum, 30 Jun 1934, Otis E. Shattuck, AMNH, BMOC 04-0508-236; 3 HDNs - PERU: Loreto, Pucallpa, 600 ft., ex C. vittata propodeum, 8 Nov 1946, J. C. Pallister, AMNH, BMOC 04-0508-235. Holotype in CUIC, paratypes in AMNH, CUIC, ESALQ, MUSM, OSAL, UMMZ, UNAM.
Description. Phoretic deutonymph (Fig. 1). Setae c₁ usually not reaching bases of d₁, c₁/c₁-d₁0.7-1.0 (0.8±0.09). Setae 3a and 4b distinctly shorter than c₃. Ratio 3a/c₃0.4-0.7 (0.5±0.07), 4b/c₃0.4-0.8 (0.6±0.10). Setae 1a nearly equal to c₃, 1a/c₃0.8-1.2 (1.0±0.13).
Hosts. Centris (Heterocentris) vittata (type host), Centris sp. (Mexico)
Distribution (show map) Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul (type locality), Peru, Colombia, Panama, Mexico: Jalisco.
Etymology. Turbator (a troubler) is a Latin noun in the masculine gender. The species name is a noun in apposition.

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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. 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. & 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.