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Pneumolaelaps aequalipilus Hunter, 1966


Pneumolaelaps aequalipilus Hunter, 1966: 360, Fig. 1; Hunter and Husband, 1973: 78, Fig. 4I-J.


Material. Many slides (unprocessed)

Hosts.
Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863.
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1773) (type host)
Bombus (Psithyrus) variabilis (Cresson, 1872)


Distribution. USA: Georgia (type locality); Florida (first record); Illinois (first record); Lousiana (first record); South Carolina (first record); Taxes (first record); Kansas (first record).

References
Hunter, P. E. & R. W. Husband. 1973. Pneumolaelaps (Acarina: Laelapidae) mites from North America and Greenland. The Florida Entomologist.56: 77-91.



 

 

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