Laelaspoides sp, phoretic deutonymph, ex Caenaugochlora costaricensis, Costa Rica, BMOC 80-0723-003 title=
Fig. 1. Laelaspoides sp., phoretic deutonymph, ex Caenaugochlora costaricensis, Costa Rica, BMOC 80-0723-003. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Parasitiformes : Mesostigmata : Laelapidae

 
Genus Laelaspoides Eickwort, 1966


Laelaspoides Eickwort, 1966: 411 (type species Laelaspoides ordwayae by original designation).


Type species Laelaspoides ordwayae Eickwort, 1966 by original designation


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General Description. Monotypic genus restricted to augochlorine bees (Halictidae: Augochlorini) in North America. Pollenophagous.

Species included

References
Eickwort, G. C. 1966. A new genus and species of mite associated with the green bee Augochlorella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Kansas (Acarina: Laelaptidae: Hypoaspidinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.39: 410-429.



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