Pneumolaelaps costai Hunter and Husband, 1973, family Laelapidae

Pneumolaelaps costai, female, ex Bombus fervidus, USA: Ohio, BMOC 02-0706-001 title=

Fig. 1. Pneumolaelaps costai, female, ex Bombus fervidus, USA: Ohio, BMOC 02-0706-001. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Parasitiformes : Mesostigmata : Laelapidae : Pneumolaelaps

Pneumolaelaps costai Hunter and Husband, 1973

Pneumolaelaps costai Hunter and Husband, 1973: 87, Figs 4A-H.

Material (show database records). 1 holotype, 5 paratype females, 3 paratype males, 1 paratype hymph; 2 females - USA: Ohio Franklin Co., Columbus, Bombus fervidus nest, 6 Jul 2002, J. Wenzel, UMMZ BMOC 02-0706-001.

Hosts.

Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837 (including occidentalis)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) (first record)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1773) (as americanorum) (type host)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863.

Distribution.USA: Michigan (type locality); Ohio (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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Pneumolaelaps costai, female, ex Bombus fervidus, USA: Ohio, BMOC 02-0706-001

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