Proctolaelaps longanalis (Westerboer, 1963, family Ascidae

Bee Mites : Acari : Parasitiformes : Mesostigmata : Ascidae : Proctolaelaps

Proctolaelaps longanalis (Westerboer, 1963

Garmania (Garmania) longanalis Westerboer, 1963: 398, Figs 239-241.

Proctolaelaps longanalis: Karg, 1971: 241, Figs 258h, 263a.

Melichares longisetosus: Bregetova, 1977: 213, Figs 134,4-7.

Material (show database records). 5 females from R.W. Husband's collection (not processed).

Identification. See key to species here.

Hosts.

North America:
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) (as americanorum) (first record)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) (first record)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) bimaculatus Cresson, 1863 (first record)

Palaearctic region:
Bumblebee nest, rodent nest (Bregetova, 1977; Westerboer, 1963).

Distribution. USA (first record): Michigan; Germany (type locality); Ukraine (Bregetova, 1977; Westerboer, 1963).

Biology. This species was known only from bumblebee and rodent nests in Europe (Bregetova, 1977; Westerboer, 1963). We have seen a small series of females collected from adult bumblebees in North America.

References

Bregetova, N. G. 1977. [Family Aceosejidae]. In [Opredelitel' obytayshchikh v pochve kleshchey Mesostigmata = Identification key to soil-inhabiting mites Mesostigmata], eds. M. S. Gilarov & N. G. Bregetova, 169-226. Leningrad: Nauka.

Karg, W. 1971. Acari (Acarina), Milben. Unterordnung Anactinochaeta (Parasitiformes). Die freilebenden Gamasina (Gamasides), Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. 59. pp.

Westerboer, I. 1963. Die Familie Podocinidae Berlese 1916. In Beiträge zur Systematik und Ökologie Mitteleuropäischer Acarina. Band II. Mesostigmata 1., ed. H.-J. Stammer, 179-450. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G.