Mite Neohypoaspis ampliseta (Laelapidae) associated with Trigona spp. (Apidae: Meliponini) in Panama. Modified from Delfinado-Baker et al., 1983 title=
Fig. 1. Mite Neohypoaspis ampliseta (Laelapidae) associated with Trigona spp. (Apidae: Meliponini) in Panama. Modified from Delfinado-Baker et al., 1983. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Parasitiformes : Mesostigmata : Laelapidae

 
Genus Neohypoaspis  Delfinado-Baker, Baker et Roubik, 1983


Neohypoaspis Delfinado-Baker et al., 1983: 197 (type species Neohypoaspis ampliseta Delfinado-Baker, Baker et Roubik, 1983 by original designation).


Type species Neohypoaspis ampliseta Delfinado-Baker, Baker et Roubik, 1983 by original designation


General Description. Monotypic genus. Associated with obligate necrophagous Trigona spp. in the Neotropics. Probably beneficial, feeding on astigmatid mites that consume honey in the nest (Delfinado-Baker et al. 1983).

Hosts. Trigona spp.

Distribution. Neotropics

Species Included.


    References
    Delfinado-Baker, M., E. W. Baker & D. W. Roubik. 1983. A new genus and species of Hypoaspidinae (Acari: Laelapidae) from nests of stingless bees. International Journal of Acarology.9: 195-203.



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