Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Chaetodactylus
Chaetodactylus birulai Zachvatkin, 1941
Chaetodactylus birulai Zachvatkin, 1941: 396, Fig. 680 (lectotype and 2 paralectotype HDNs in ZIN, designated by Klimov & OConnor (2008)); Samšiňák, 1973: 404, Figs 1-2 (comparison with Ch. poetae); Fain, 1974a: 213 (comparison with Ch. dalyi)
Chaetodactylus sp. Lith, 1957: 198 (observation on biology in host nest, report of killing bee larvae); Klimov & OConnor (2008): 216 (included in key)
Chaetodactylus poetae Samšiňák, 1973: 401 (holotype and unspecified number of paratype HDNs in "Parasitologischen Institutes in Praha, Nr. 1555" (not found in PARU, F. Dusbábek, pers. comm.), Czech Republic: Sobotka, ex Chelostoma florisomne (type host), also phoretic on cleptoparasites Sapyga quinquepunctata and Sapyga clavicornis (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae), host used galleries of beetle Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cerambycidae); synonymized by Klimov & OConnor (2008))
Chaetodactylus (Chaetodactylus) birulai: Fain, 1981b: 2 (included in key); Kurosa, 1987: 373 (comparison with Ch. hirashimai)
Chaetodactylus (Chaetodactylus) poetae: Fain, 1981b: 2 (included in key); Kurosa, 1987: 373 (comparison with Ch. hirashimai)
Material (show database records).
Biology. May kill bee larvae in the nest (Lith, 1957).
Hosts. Chelostoma florisomne (Linnaeus, 1758) (as Chelostoma florisomnis)
Distribution (show map). Russia: Kirovskaya Oblast' ("Lavy") (type locality) (Zachvatkin, 1941); Netherlands (Lith, 1957); Czech Republic (Samšiňák, 1973), Austria (our data)
References
Fain, A. 1974. Nouveaux hypopes phorétiques d'Hyménoptères 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.
Kurosa, K. 1987. Two new Chaetodactylus (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) associated with Osmia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) in Japan. Kontyu.55: 373-381.
Lith, J. P. v. 1957. On the behaviour of Chaetodactylus mites (Acar., Tyr.) in the nests of Osmia rufa L. and Chelostoma florisomne (L.) (Apidae, Megachilidae). Entomologische Berichten.17: 197-198.
Samšiňák, K. 1973. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Chaetodactylus Rondani, 1866 (Acari, Acaroidea). Zoologischer Anzeiger.190: 400-404.
Zachvatkin, A. A. 1941. Tiroglifoidnue kleshchi Tyroglyphoidea [=Tyroglyphoid mites Tyroglyphoidea]. In Fauna SSSR: Paukoobraznuye, ed. S. A. Zernov, 475. Moscow-Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR.
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