Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Acaridae : Horstiella
Horstiella armata Turk, 1948
Horstiella armata Turk, 1948: 85, Figs 5-8 (ex "Euglossa fasciata Lep." (=Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius, 1804), St. Augustine, Trinidad, lectotype HDN and 7 paralectotype HDNs in BMNH A.211 (040945)); Ochoa & OConnor, 2000: 714, Figs 1-11 (type host considered misidentification, lectotype designation, redescription, new host records)
Material (show database records).
Identification. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only, see key to species of Horstiella.
Hosts
Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (Fabricius, 1804) (as "Euglossa fasciata Lep.") (type host, misidentification, see Ochoa & OConnor, 2000)
Epicharis (Epicharana) angulosa Snelling, 1984 (Costa Rica)
Epicharis (Epicharana) bova Snelling, 1984 (Costa Rica)
Epicharis (Epicharana) elegans Smith, 1861 (Mexico, Nicaragua)
Epicharis (Epicharana) flava (Friese, 1900) (Ecuador)
Epicharis (Epicharana) rustica (Olivier, 1789) (Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil)
Epicharis (Epicharis) umbraculata (Fabricius, 1804) (French Guiana, Brazil)
after Ochoa & OConnor, 2000
Distribution (show map). Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad, St. Augustine (type locality); Costa Rica; Panama, Guyana; French Guiana, Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua (Ochoa & OConnor, 2000)
Biology. Often co-occurs with Horstiella quadrata on the same host, but topologically segregated from it.
References
Ochoa, R., OConnor, B.M., 2000. Revision of the genus Horstiella (Acari: Acaridae): mites associated with Neotropical Epicharis bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93, 713-737.
Turk, F.A., 1948. Insecticolous Acari from Trinidad, B.W.I. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 118, 82-125.
B. OConnor and P. Klimov ©
Created: Oct 01, 2011
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