Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043 title=
Fig. 1. Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Cheyletidae : Nodele
 

 
Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador Bochkov and Klimov, 2004


Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador Bochkov and Klimov, 2004: 24, Figs 1-5.


Material (show database records). Holotype: female MEXICO: Jalisco, Chamela, Estacion Biologica, ex propodeum of Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum Snelling, 1987 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) on Croton sp. (Euphorbiales: Euphorbiaceae), 10-14 July 1989. Coll. T. Griswold BMOC 03-1003-043. Paratypes: 2 females, same data.

Description. Two pairs of setae of series E, e1 and e2. All dorsal idiosomal setae clavate. Protegmen bears a pair of well-developed lateral teeth. Propodonotal shield transversely serrate-striated. Tibia I relatively short. Tarsus I, excluding pretarsus/tibia I 2.3 : 1.0. Solenidion w1 short, 4 times shorter than seta ft, situated far from guard seta.

Hosts. Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum Snelling, 1987.

Distribution (show map). Mexico: Jalisco.

Biology. We believe that relationships of our species with the bee, like in other species of the genus Nodele, depend simply on availability of a host in the mite environment. In other words, it is not host specific.

References
Bochkov, A. V. & P. B. Klimov. 2004. A new predaceous mite, Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador subg. n., sp n. (Acari: Cheyletidae), phoretic on a bee Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Acarina.12: 23-27.



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Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
mite		Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female, dorsal view, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
mite		Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female, ventral view, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
mite		Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female on host, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
mites on host		Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female on host, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
mites on host		Nodele (Aztecocheyletus) conquistador, phoretic female on host, ex Aztecanthidium tenochtitlanicum, Mexico, BMOC 03-1003-043
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