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

Fig. 1. Chaetodactylus furunculus, phoretic deutonymph, ex Lithurgus listrotus, California, BMOC 04-1122-002 Click to enlarge

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

Chaetodactylus furunculus Klimov and OConnor, 2008

Chaetodactylus furunculus Klimov and OConnor, 2008: 116, Figs 56-57.

Material (show database records). Holotype: HDN - USA: California, San Bernardino Co., Cedar Canyon, 4650', Sec 36 T13N R14E, Lithurgus listrotus (lateral mesosoma), 20 June 1980, T. Griswold, LACM, BMOC 04-1122-002. Paratypes: 21 HDNs - same data as holotype. Holotype in LACM, paratypes in LACM, OSAL, UMMZ.
Identification. See key. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only.
Hosts. Lithurgus (Lithurgopsis) listrotus (Megachilidae).
Distribution (show map). USA: California.
Etymology. The species name, furunculus, is a Latin noun (sneak thief, pilferer) in apposition.

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 dementjevi, phoretic deutonymph, ex Chalicodoma bombycina, Russia: Leningradskaya Oblast

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Phoretic deutonymphs of the mite Chaetodactylus furunculus on a museum specimen of Lithurgus listrotus, California

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