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

Fig. 1. Chaetodactylus kouboy, phoretic deutonymph, holotype, ex Lithurgus apicalis, New Mexico, BMOC 95-0323-020 Click to enlarge

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

Chaetodactylus kouboy Klimov and OConnor, 2008

Chaetodactylus kouboy Klimov and OConnor, 2008: 121, Figs 58-59.

Material (show database records). Holotype: HDN - USA: New Mexico, Colfax Co., Cimarron Canyon, ex Lithurgus apicalis (pronotum), 12 Jun 1956, R. & K. Dreisbach, MSU, BMOC 95-0323-020. Paratypes: 20 + 27 + 5 HDNs - same data as holotype (propodeum + pronotum + wing bases). Holotype in MSU, paratypes in MSU, USNM, OSAL, UMMZ.
Identification. See key. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only.
Hosts. Lithurgus (Lithurgopsis) apicalis (Megachilidae).
Distribution (show map). USA: New Mexico.
Etymology. Transliterated from the English noun cowboy (a man who rides on horseback and herds cattle in the western United States), noun in apposition.
Notes. Chaetodactylus kouboy was found only once, on a host also harboring C. lithurgi. This suggests that the host association may be accidental.

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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Phoretic deutonymphs of the Chaetodactylus kouboy and Chaetodactylus lithurgi on a museum specimen of Lithurgus apicalis, New Mexico

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