Cheletophyes panamensis Klompen, Méndez and Lukoschus, 1984, family Cheyletidae

Cheletophyes panamensis, female, ex Xylocopa frontalis, Costa Rica, BMOC 03-1228-001 title=

Fig. 1. Cheletophyes panamensis, female, ex Xylocopa frontalis, Costa Rica, BMOC 03-1228-001. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Cheyletidae : Cheletophyes

Cheletophyes panamensis Klompen, Méndez and Lukoschus, 1984

Cheletophyes panamensis Klompen et al., 1984: 249, Figs 1-5; Fain and Bochkov, 2001a: 63; Bochkov, 2009: 84.

Material (show database records). 1 female - Costa Rica, nest of Xylocopa frontalis, UMMZ BMOC 03-1228-001.

Hosts. Xylocopa (Megaxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier, 1789) (Klompen et al., 1984).

Distribution. Panama (type locality), Costa Rica (Klompen et al., 1984; our data).

Biology. The species was originally found in the nest of Xylocopa frontalis constructed in the tree Luehea seemannii Triana & Planch., 1862 (Malvales: Tiliaceae).

References

Bochkov, A. V. 2009. A review of mites of the parvorder Eleutherengona (Acariformes: Prostigmata) - permanent parasites of mammals. Acarina.Supplement No 1: 3-149.

Fain, A. & A. V. Bochkov. 2001. A review of some genera of cheyletid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) with descriptions of new species. Acarina.9: 47-95.

Klompen, J. S. H., E. Mendez & F. S. Lukoschus. 1984. A new species of the genus Cheletophyes Oudemans, 1914 (Prostigmata: Cheyletidae) from the nest of a carpenter bee in Panama. Acarologia.25: 249-251.

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Cheletophyes panamensis, female, ex Xylocopa frontalis, Costa Rica, BMOC 03-1228-001

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