Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Chaetodactylus
Chaetodactylus chrysidis Fain and Baugnée, 1996
Chaetodactylus chrysidis: Fain & Baugnée, 1996: 23, Figs 1-6 (holotype and unspecified number of paratype HDNs in IRSNB); Van Asselt, 2000: 225; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 217 (included in key)
Chaetodactylus chrysidis aurulenticola Fain & Baugnée, 1996: 28 (holotype and 16 paratype HDNs in IRSNB; Belgium: "Treignes-Rivelottes", ex Osmia aurulenta, synonymyzed by Klimov & OConnor (2008)); Van Asselt, 2000: 225
Chaetodactylus osmiae: Fain et al., 1992 (Belgium, ex Osmia aurulenta) (misidentification)
Material (show database records).
Hosts. Chrysura trimaculata (Förster) (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) (type host), parasitoid of Osmia aurulenta (Panzer, 1799) and O. bicolor (Schrank, 1781)
Distribution (show map). Belgium: "Treignes-Saumières" (type locality) (Fain & Baugnée, 1996), Germany (Klimov & OConnor, 2008)
References
Fain, A. & J. Y. Baugnee. 1996. [Phoretic or parasitic acarines collected on insects from the south of Belgium. Second note.]. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie.132: 19-33.
Fain, A., J. Y. Baugnee & F. Hidvegi. 1992. Acariens phoretiques ou parasites recoltes sur des hymenopteres et un homoptere dans la region de Treignes, en Belgique. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie.128: 335-338.
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.
Van Asselt, L. 2000. Observations on the life cycle of Chaetodactylus osmiae (Dufour, 1839) (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) parasitic on the solitary bee, Osmia rufa (L.), 1758 (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in Belgium. International Journal of Acarology.26: 221-228.
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