Chaetodactylus reaumuri, phoretic deutonymph, ex Osmia brevicornis, Poland, BMOC 04-0508-019
Fig. 1. Chaetodactylus reaumuri, phoretic deutonymph, ex Osmia brevicornis, Poland, BMOC 04-0508-019 Click to enlarge

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


Chaetodactylus reaumuri (Oudemans, 1905)

Trichotarsus reaumuri Oudemans, 1905b: LXXXI (lectotype and unknown number of paralectotype HDNs (Fain and Baugnée, 1996) in RMNH); Oudemans, 1905a: 22; Oudemans, 1911a: 165 (comparison with Ch. anthidii HDN); Vitzthum, 1919: 31 (comparison with HDN of Ch. ludwigi)
Chaetodactylus reaumuri: Oudemans, 1924: 328 (comparison with Ch. claviger); Vitzthum, 1929: 77 (included in key); Zachvatkin, 1941: 396 (redescription of HDN, included in key); Türk & Türk, 1957: 210, Fig. 162; Fain & Baugnée, 1996: 28 (redescription, lectotype designation)
Chaetodactylus (Chaetodactylus) reaumuri: Fain, 1981b: 2 (included in key)
Chaetodactylus (Chaetodactylus) reamuri Kurosa, 1987: 373 (lapsus) (comparison with Ch. hirashimai)
Chaetodactylus (Chaetodactylus) reaumerii OConnor, 1993a: 362 (lapsus) (genus-level character acquisition)

Material (show database records).
Hosts.
Osmia niveata (Fabricius, 1804) (as "Osmia rufiventris Panz." (type host) probably misspelled for Osmia fulviventris (Panzer, 1798)
Osmia brevicornis (Fabricius, 1798) (as Osmia panzeri)
Osmia brevicornis leucogastra Morawitz, 1875 (as Osmia leucogastra)
Stelis phaeoptera murina Pérez, 1884 (as Stelis murina) (cleptoparasitic on Osmia, including O. niveata)
(Oudemans, 1905b; Zachvatkin, 1941)
Distribution (show map). Czech Republic: Kolín ("Kolin, Bohemen") (type locality), Odry "Odran, Oostenrijksch Silezië" (Oudemans, 1905b); Germany; Ukraine: Crimean Peninsula; Georgia (Zachvatkin, 1941); Greece: Corfu (Türk & Türk, 1957).

References

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.
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.
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.
OConnor, B. M. 1993. Generic relationships in the Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus. Acarologia.34: 345-362.
Oudemans, A. C. 1905a. Acari in Verslag van de zestigste Zomervergadering der Nederlandsche Entomologische Vereeniging, gehouden te Driebergen op Zaterdag 20 Mei 1905. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.48: LXXVII- LXXXI.
Oudemans, A. C. 1905b. Acarologische Aanteekeningen XX. Entomologische Berichten.2: 15-23.
Oudemans, A. C. 1911. Acarologische Aanteekeningen XXXVII. Entomologische Berichten.3: 165-175.
Oudemans, A. C. 1924. Acarologische Aanteekehingen LXXVII. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam).6: 317-336.
Türk, E. & F. Türk. 1957. Systematik und Ökologie der Tyroglyphiden Mitteleuropas. In Beiträge zur Systematik und Ökologie mitteleuropäischer Acarina. Band 1. Tyroglyphidae und Tarsonemini, ed. H.-J. Stammer, 4-384. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G.
Vitzthum, G. H. 1929. Ordnung: Milben, Acari. In Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Spinnentiere, eds. P. Brohmer, P. Ehrmann & G. Ulmer, 1-112. Leiptzig: Quelle & Meyer.
Vitzthum, H. 1919. Acarologische Beobachtungen. 3. Reihe. Archiv für Naturgeschichte.85(Abt. A, no. 5): 1-62.
Zachvatkin, A. A. 1941. Tiroglifoidnue kleshchi Tyroglyphoidea [=Tyroglyphoid mites Tyroglyphoidea]. In Fauna SSSR: Paukoobraznuye, ed. S. A. Zernov, 475. Moscow-Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR.


Image Gallery
Chaetodactylus dementjevi, phoretic deutonymph, ex Chalicodoma bombycina, Finland, BMOC 96-0510-196
mite (holotype)
Heteromorphic deutonymphs of Chaetodactylus reaumuri phoretic on Osmia brevicornis, Poland
mites on host
Heteromorphic deutonymphs of Chaetodactylus reaumuri phoretic on Osmia brevicornis, Poland
mites on host



 

 

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