Bee Mites :
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Chaetodactylidae : Chaetodactylus
Chaetodactylus claudus Klimov and OConnor, 2008
Chaetodactylus claudus Klimov and OConnor, 2008: 133, Figs 66-67.
Material (show database records). (USA). Holotype: HDN - Utah, Cache Co., Green Canyon, ex Osmia (Osmia) ribifloris (propodeum), 7-20 May 1983, No collector, USNM, BMOC 96-0510-092. Paratypes: 36 HDNs - same data as for holotype; 8 HDNs, 4 immobile HDNs, 4 pharate immobile HDNs, 16 PNs - Texas, Austin Co., Austin, CTM1, O. ribifloris nest 102, [illegible: prob] April 1987 [illegible: ope] Jan 1988 J.L. Neff, UMMZ, BMOC 03-0310-008; 2f, 2m, 28TNs, 3 mobile HDNs, 1PN - same locality, eggs+larvae, Osmia ribifloris nest, [illegible: 28 Aug 1988], J. L. Neff UMMZ BMOC 03-0310-009; 1TN - same locality, CTM1, Osmia ribifloris nest, Mar 88, J. L. Neff, UMMZ BMOC 03-0310-010. Holotype in USNM, paratypes in OSAL, UMMZ, USNM.
Identification. See key. Known from phoretic deutonymphs, immobile deutonymphs, and adults.
Hosts. Osmia (Osmia) ribifloris (Megachilidae).
Distribution (show map). USA: Texas, Utah.
Etymology. Claudus (=limping, halting, lame) is a Latin adjective in reference to tarsus IV, which is usually slightly bent.
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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