Pyemotes sp., family Pyemotidae

Physogastric female of the mite Pyemotes sp. ex Hoplitis sp. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), USA: Colorado title=

Fig. 1. Physogastric female of the mite Pyemotes sp. ex Hoplitis sp. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), USA: Colorado. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Pyemotidae : Pyemotes

Pyemotes sp.

Material (show database records). 3 males, 7 females - USA: Colorado, Boulder Co., Eldorado Canyon State Park, Crescent Meadows, elev. 1985 m, Hoplitis fulgida fulgida (Cresson, 1864) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) trapnest (brought indoors 16 Apr 1997), 5 May 1997, V. Scott 1996-034-8, UMMZ BMOC 97-1010-001; 4 males, 6 females - same locality, elev. 1985 m, Hoplitis sp. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) trapnest (brought indoors 21 Apr 1997), 5 May 1997, V. Scott 1996-124-1, UMMZ BMOC 97-1010-004; 9 males, 6 females - same locality, elev. 1955 m, trapnest (brought indoors 21 Apr 1997), 5 May 1997, V. Scott 1996-115-1, UMMZ BMOC 97-1010-003.

Notes. Males are similar to Pyemotes herfsi (Oudemans, 1936) as diagnosed by Cross et al. (1981), p. 182, couplet 14. Our species differs by the fourth propodosomal pair of setae being distinctly thinner than setae d and e (stout, as thick as setae d and e in P. herfsi).

Hosts. Hoplitis fulgida.

Distribution (show map). USA: Colorado.

Biology. Found parasitizing pupae of Hoplitis sp.

References

Cross, E. A., J. C. Moser & G. Rack. 1981. Some new forms of Pyemotes (Acarina: Pyemotidae) from forest insects, with remarks on polymorphism. International Journal of Acarology.7: 179-196.

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Pyemotes sp

Pyemotes sp. on bee