Proctolaelaps longisetosus (Postner in Westerboer, 1963), family Ascidae

Proctolaelaps longisetosus, phoretic deutonymph, ex Bombus fervidus, USA: Ohio, BMOC 02-0706-001 title=

Fig. 1. Proctolaelaps longisetosus, phoretic deutonymph, ex Bombus fervidus, USA: Ohio, BMOC 02-0706-001. Click to enlarge

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

Proctolaelaps longisetosus (Postner in Westerboer, 1963)

Garmania (Garmaniella) longisetosa Postner in Westerboer, 1963: 420, Figs 255-260.

Garmaniella longisetosa: Karg, 1971: 244, Figs 258o, 264a.

Melichares longisetosus: Bregetova, 1977: 221, Figs 140,3, 144; Klimov: 1998: 12.

Proctolaelaps novineus El-Banhawy and Nasr, 1986: 77, Figs 11-19, syn. n.

Material (show database records). 6 females, 7 males, 5 deutonymphs - USA: Ohio, Franklin Co., Columbus, nest of Bombus (Fervidobombus) fervidus (Fabricius, 1798), 6 Jul 2002, J. Wenzel, BMOC 02-0706-001; 11 additional slides from R. W. Husbands' collection (unprocessed).

Identification. See key to species here.

Notes. Type host is not indicated in the original description.

Distribution. North America:
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
Bombus (Bombias) auricomus (Robertson, 1903) (first record)
Bombus (Bombus) affinis Cresson, 1863 (first record)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) fervidus (Fabricius, 1798) (first record)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) (as americanorum) (first record)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863 (first record)

Palaearctic region:
Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(El-Banhawy and Nasr, 1986; Karg, 1971; Westerboer, 1963; our data)

Biology. This species is found on adult bumblebees and their nests (see below) and in subterranean nests of rodents (Bregetova, 1977; Westerboer, 1963).

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.

El-Banhawy, E. M. & A. K. Nasr. 1984[1986]. Incidence of mites in bee hives in the State of New York with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Society of Egypt Bulletin.34: 76-82.

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

Klimov, P. B. 1998. To the knowledge of mites and ticks (Acari) of Kuril Islands. Far Eastern Entomologist.36: 1-36.

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.

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