Sennertia dalyi Fain, 1980

Fig. 1. Sennertia dalyi, heteromorphic deutonymph, ex Ceratina chrysomalla, Cyprus (BMOC 04-0508-277). Click here to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Sennertia : Sennertia species

Sennertia dalyi Fain, 1980

Sennertia dalyi Fain, 1980: 990, Figs 11, 12 (holotype (#152446) and 32 paratype HDNs in MRAC, description of HDN, assigned to cerambycina group); Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 227

Sennertia (Sennertia) dalyi: Fain, 1981a: 163 (included in key); Haitlinger, 2000: 17

Material (show database records).

Hosts.
Ceratina (Euceratina) dallatorreana Friese, 1896 (type host)
Ceratina (Euceratina) chalybea Chevrier, 1872 (Maktar)
Ceratina (Euceratina) mocsaryi Friese, 1896 (Ain Draham)
Ceratina (Euceratina) callosa (Fabricius, 1794) (Grombalia)
(Fain, 1980, 1981a)
Ceratina (Euceratina) chrysomalla Gerstäcker, 1869 (Cyprus) (our data, unpubl.)

Distribution (show map). Tunisia: Jundūbah, 3.5 S Tabarka (type locality), ‘Ayn ad Darāhim; Silyānah (Maktar); Nābul (Grombalia) (Fain, 1980, 1981a); Cyprus (our data, unpubl.).

References

Fain, A. 1981. A revision of the phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae). Systematic Parasitology.3: 145-183.

Haitlinger, R. 2000. Sennertia aldeodadi sp. n. (Acari: Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae), a mite associated with undetermined Anthophoridae (Hymenoptera) from Mauritius. Folia Entomologica Hungarica.61: 17-21.

Klimov, P. B. & B. M. OConnor. 2008. Morphology, evolution, and host associations of bee-associated mites of the family Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata), with a monographic revision of North American taxa. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan.199: 1-243.