Eumellitiphis inouei Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988, family Laelapidae

Eumellitiphis inouei ex Geniotrigona thoracica, Indonesia (Sumatra) (modified from Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988) title=

Fig. 1. Eumellitiphis inouei, female, ex Geniotrigona thoracica, Indonesia (Sumatra) (modified from Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988). Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Parasitiformes : Mesostigmata : Laelapidae : Eumellitiphis

Eumellitiphis inouei Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988

Eumellitiphis inouei Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988: 129, Fig. 2-16 (holotype in USNM, paratypes in USNM and Entomological Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyoku Kyoto, Japan)

Hosts.
Geniotrigona thoracica (Smith, 1857) (as Trigona thoracica) (type host)
Lophotrigona canifrons (Smith, 1857) (as Trigona canifrons)
Trigona sp.

Distribution. Indonesia: Sumatra (type locality: Sumatera Barat, Sawahlunto); Malaysia.

References

Delfinado-Baker, M. & E. W. Baker. 1988. New mites (Acari: Laelapidae) from the nests of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) from Asia. International Journal of Acarology.14: 127-136.

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Eumellitiphis inouei ex Geniotrigona thoracica, Indonesia (Sumatra) (modified from Delfinado-Baker and Baker, 1988)

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