Proctotydaeus therapeutikos (Tydeidae): female, dorsal view, ex Scaptotrigona postica, Brazil (modified from Flechtmann and Camargo, 1979) title=
Fig. 1. Proctotydaeus therapeutikos (Tydeidae): female, dorsal view, ex Scaptotrigona postica, Brazil (modified from Flechtmann and Camargo, 1979). Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Tydeidae

 
Genus Proctotydaeus  Berlese, 1911


Proctotydaeus Berlese, 1911: 430 (type species Proctotydaeus viator Berlese, 1911 by original designation); André, 1980b: 146; Kazmierski, 1998b: 35.Anolina Price, 1972: 794 (type species Anolina lineata by original designation). Synonymyzed André, 1984.
Proctotydeus Momen, 1990: 19; Khaustov, 1996: 90 (lapsus).


Type speices Proctotydaeus viator Berlese, 1911 by original designation.


General Description. This genus includes 17 species grouped in four subgenera (number of species in parenthesis): Proctotydaeus (4); Neotydeolus Flechtmann et Camargo, 1979 (3); Proctotyduls Kazmierski, 1998 (6); and Oriolella Baker, 1968 (4).
Species of the nominal subgenus are associated with locusts (Acrididae, Orthoptera). The subgenus Oriolella includes species that have been found in barn straw, nests of hawks and owls or on beetles (Coleoptera: Ipidae, Cucujidae). Mites of the subgenus Proctotydulsare found on different plants, straw, ipid beetles (Ipidae), or on noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). All species of the subgenus Neotydeolus are associated with nests of stingless bees. (Kazmierski, 1998b; Khaustov, 1997).

Species associated with bees.



References
André, H. M. 1980. A generic revision of the family Tydeidae (Acari: Actinedida) IV. Generic descriptions, keys and conclusions (continued). Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie.116: 139-168.
André, H. M. 1984. 5.7 Redefinition of the Iolinidae (Acari: Actinedida) with a discussion of their familial and superfamilial status. In Acarology 6. Volume 1., eds. D. A. Griffiths & C. E. Bowman, 180-185. Chichester: Ellis Horwood Limited.
Berlese, A. 1911. Acarorum species novae quindecim. Redia.7: 429-435.
Kazmierski, A. 1998. A review of the genus Proctotydaeus Berlese (Actinedida: Tydeidae: Pronematinae). Acarologia.39: 33-47.
Khaustov, A. A. 1997. Two new species of mites of the genus Proctotydeus (Acariformes, Tydeidae) from Crimea and North Eastern Ukraine. Vestnik Zoologii.31: 90-93.
Momen, F. M. 1990. A new species of tydeid mite (Acari: Tydeidae) associated with rusty grain beetle on dried wheat. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg.10: 19-24.
Price, D. W. 1972. A new iolinid mite from the Galapagos islands (Acarina: Iolinidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.65: 793-796.



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Proctotydaeus therapeutikos (Tydeidae): female, dorsal view, ex Scaptotrigona postica, Brazil (modified from Flechtmann and Camargo, 1979)
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