Horstiella quadrata Ochoa and OConnor, 2000, family Acaridae

Fig. 1. Horstiella quadrata, phoretic deutonymph, holotype, ex Epicharis rustica, Guyana, BMOC 82-0124-001 Click to enlarge

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

Horstiella quadrata Ochoa and OConnor, 2000

Horstiella quadrata Ochoa and OConnor, 2000: 718, Figs 12-21 (holotype phoretic deutonymph - Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Bartica District, Penal Settlement), ex Epicharis rustica, BMOC 82-0124-001, in UMMZ)

Material (show database records).
Identification. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only, see key to species of Horstiella.

Hosts
Epicharis (Epicharana) rustica (Olivier, 1789) (type host) (Guyana, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil)
Epicharis (Epicharana) bova Snelling, 1984 (Costa Rica)
Epicharis (Epicharana) elegans Smith, 1861 (Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica)
Epicharis (Epicharis) bicolor Smith, 1854 (Brazil)
Epicharis (Epicharis) umbraculata (Fabricius, 1804) (Brazil)

after Ochoa & OConnor, 2000

Distribution (show map). Guyana: Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Bartica District, Penal Settlement) (type locality); Costa Rica; Panama; Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil; Mexico; Nicaragua.

Biology. Often co-occurs with Horstiella armata 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.