Horstiella mourei Ochoa and OConnor, 2000, family Acaridae

Fig. 1. Horstiella mourei, phoretic deutonymph, holotype, ex Epicharis analis, Brazil, BMOC 96-0916-042 Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Acaridae : Horstiella

Horstiella mourei Ochoa and OConnor, 2000

Horstiella mourei Ochoa and OConnor, 2000: 730, Figs 63-72 (holotype: phoretic HDN, Brazil: Goias: Aragarcas, ex Epicharis analis Lepeletier, 1841 (as E. schrottkyi), BMOC 96-0916-042, in Seção de Insectos, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (USP)).

Material (show database records).

Identification. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only, see key to species of Horstiella.

Hosts. Epicharis (Triepicharis) analis Lepeletier, 1841 (part. as E. schrottkyi) (type host) (Brazil) (Ochoa & OConnor, 2000)

Distribution (show map). Brazil: Goias: Aragarcas (type locality) (Ochoa & OConnor, 2000)

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.