Chaetodactylus antillarum Klimov and OConnor, 2008 (Acari: Chaetodactylidae)

Fig. 1. Chaetodactylus antillarum, phoretic deutonymph (holotype), ex Lithurgus antilleorum, Jamaica, BMOC 96-0916-190 Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Chaetodactylus

Chaetodactylus antillarum Klimov and OConnor, 2008

Chaetodactylus antillarum Klimov and OConnor, 2008: 113, Figs 54-55.

Material (show database records). Holotype: HDN - JAMAICA: Parish of Saint Catherine, Hellshire Hills, ex Lithurgus antilleorum antilleorum (propodeum), 8 Jun 1985, C. D. Michener, KU, BMOC 96-0916-190. Paratypes: 5 HDNs - same data as holotype; 2 + 3 + 6 HDNs - same data as holotype (propodeum + pronotum + metanotum), KU, BMOC 96-0916-189; 2 + 1 HDNs - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pedernales, Cabo Rojo hdqtrs, 24 July 1985, ex L. antilleorum antilleorum (scrobe + propodeum), G. C. Eickwort, CUIC, BMOC 95-0422-097. Holotype in KU, paratypes in CUIC, KU, UMMZ.
Identification. See key. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only.
Hosts. Lithurgus (Lithurgopsis) antilleorum antilleorum (Megachilidae).
Distribution (show map). Dominican Republic: Pedernales; Jamaica: Parish of Saint Catherine (type locality).
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the geographic region and is a noun in the genitive case.

References

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: 243.

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Chaetodactylus antillarum, phoretic deutonymph, ex Lithurgus antilleorum, Jamaica, BMOC 96-0916-190

mite (holotype)

mite (holotype)

Phoretic deutonymphs of the mite Chaetodactylus antillarum on a museum specimen of Lithurgus antilleorum, Jamaica, BMOC 96-0916-190

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