Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Sennertia : Sennertia species
Sennertia frontalis Vitzthum, 1941
Sennertia frontalis Vitzthum, 1941: 308, Figs 1 (lectotype and 2 paralectotype HDN (designated by Fain, 1981a) in ZSMC A20031427 (Jürgen et al., 2005)); Baker & Delfinado-Baker, 1983: 119 (comparison with Sennertia shimanukii); Ramaraju & Mohanasundaram, 2001: 109 (comparison with Sennertia leucothorae, Sennertia bakeri, and Sennertia carpenteri; year of species description indicated as 1930); Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 179
Sennertia (Amsennertia) frontalis: Fain, 1981a: 176, Figs 50-52 (redescription of HDN, included in key, lectotype designation); Alzuet & Abrahamovich, 1987: 346; Alzuet & Abrahamovich, 1990: 630 (comparison with HDN of Sennertia augustii; recollection); OConnor, 1993a: 362 (genus-level character acquisition)
Material (show database records) (number of specimens measured for morphometric analysis in Klimov & OConnor (2008) in parentheses). 29 HDNs - ARGENTINA, Entre Ríos, Pronunciamiento, ex X. frontalis on propodeum, 1 Feb 1965, F. H. Walz, USNM, BMOC 05-0420-200 (10 analysis); 12HDNs – same data, on basal propodeum, 1 Jan 1965, F. H. Walz, USNM, BMOC 05-0420-201 (7 analysis); 5HDNs – same data, on propodeum, 1 Feb 1965, F. H. Walz, USNM, BMOC 05-0420-202 (2 analysis); 7HDNs - BRAZIL: Amazonas, Tapuruquára (Santa Isabel do Rio Negro), ex X. frontalis on 1st metasomal tergite, 1 Jun 1963, L. Guindani, USNM, BMOC 05-0420-196 (4 validation); 22HDNs – same data, on propodeum,1 Jun 1963, L. Guindani, USNM, BMOC 05-0420-197 (5 validation); 4HDNs - São Paulo, m X. frontalis, no date, Hammar, CUIC, HK 84-0818-001 (2 analysis); 1HDN – same data, X. frontalis, no date, Hammar, CUIC, HK 84-0820-005 (1 analysis); 4 HDNs – SURINAME: Marowijne, Cottica R., Moengo, f X. frontalis, 13 May 1927, no collector, CUIC HK 84-0827-003 (2 analysis); 6HDNs - PERU: Loreto, Pucallpa, 200 m., ex m X. frontalis on 1st metasomal tergite, 1 Jan 1965, J. Schunke, LACM 208298, BMOC 04-1122-027 (5 validation); 21 HDNs - VENEZUELA: Monagas, 42 km SE Maturín, ex m X. frontalis on propodeum, 12 Jul 1958, A. Menke, LACM, BMOC 04-1122-026 (5 validation); 28 HDNs - PANAMA: "Canal Zone", Aldrook Field, X. frontalis on propodeum, 20 Mar 1938, L. J. Stannard, INHS, Insect Collection 62342, BMOC 04-1222-005 (5 revalidation); 26 HDNs - HONDURAS: Progresso, ex X. nautlana on mesosoma, 19 Mar 1923, T.H. Hubbell #121, UMMZ BMOC 90-1212-010 (11 analysis); 7HDNs – MEXICO: Chiapas, S. Jeronimo Tacaua, X. frontalis on 1st metasomal tergite, 20 Sep 1970, T. W. Taylor, LACM ENT 208602, BMOC 05-0102-038 (5 validation; 2 misclassified as augustii); 9 HDNs - Simojovel de Allende, ex m X. nautlana on propodeum, 12 Aug 1958, J. A. Chemsak, FMNH, BMOC 03-1008-056 (9 analysis).
Description. Phoretic deutonymph. Similar to Sennertia augustii and S. shimanukii (see Klimov & OConnor, 2008).
Other instars unknown.
Hosts. Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis (type host), Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) nautlana.
Distribution (Show map). Argentina (type locality): Entre Ríos; Brazil: Amazonas, São Paulo; Suriname: Marowijne; Peru: Loreto; Venezuela: Monagas; Panama: "Canal Zone"; Honduras: Progresso; Mexico: Chiapas
References
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Alzuet, A. B. d. & A. H. Abrahamovich. 1987 [1985]. Deutoninfas (hypopi) de los géneros Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 y Horstia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari: Astigmata) sobre Xylocopa (S.) splendidula splendidula Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina.44: 345-351.
Baker, E. W. & M. Delfinado-Baker. 1983. New mites (Sennertia: Chaetodactylidae) phoretic on honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Guatemala. International Journal of Acarology.9: 117-121.
Fain, A. 1981. A revision of the phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae). Systematic Parasitology.3: 145-183.
Jürgen, R. H., E. Boos, T. Ludwig, M. Wiedemann & T. Stützel. 2005. SysTax - a Database System for Systematics and Taxonomy. http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/ (accessed Sep 2005).
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.
OConnor, B. M. 1993. Generic relationships in the Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus. Acarologia.34: 345-362.
Ramaraju, K. & M. Mohanasundaram. 2001. New phoretic mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) on carpenter bees from Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Acarology.27: 107-112.
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