Sennertia hipposideros, phoretic deutonymph (HK 85-0120-5)
Fig. 1. Sennertia hipposideros, phoretic deutonymph (HK 85-0120-5) Click to enlarge

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


Sennertia hipposideros (Oudemans, 1902)

Trichotarsus hipposideros Oudemans, 1902: 44 (holotype HDN in RMNH)
Sennertia hipposideros: Zachvatkin, 1941: 42; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 229
Trichotarsus hipposiderus Oudemans, 1903a: 145, Figs 46-47 (unjust. emend.; redescription of HDN from "first abdominal ring", marked as "nov. sp.", included in key); Trägårdh, 1904: 156 (comparison with S. simplex); Trägårdh, 1907: 12 (comparison with Trichotarsus antarcticus); Vitzthum, 1912d: 290
Sennertia hipposiderus Oudemans, 1905a: 22; Fain, 1974b: 226, Figs 7-8 (redescription of holotype HDN); Buitendijk, 1945: 358 (year of description indicated as 1900); OConnor, 1993b: 161 (found in metasomal acarinarium, nidicolous feeding instars either of this species or S. koptorthosomae); Krantz, 1998: 298
Sennertia (Sennertia) hipposiderus Fain, 1981a: 156 (included in key, assigned to cerambycina-group)
Sennertia hipposidera Vitzthum, 1919: 43 (unjust. emend.; year of species description indicated as 1901; comparison with S. morstatti)
Sennertia hipposideruns Vitzthum, 1941: 310 (lapsus; comparison with S. argentina; year of species description indicated as 1903)

Material (show database records).

Biology. Phoretic inside the metasomal acarinarium of the host (Oudemans, 1902; OConnor, 1993b).

Hosts.
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) tenuiscapa Westwood, 1840 (type host) (India)
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) latipes (Drury, 1773) (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)

Distribution (show map). India (type locality), Malaysia (Oudemans, 1902; Fain, 1981a), Indonesia, Philippines

References

Buitendijk, A. M. 1945. Voorloopige catalogus van de acari in de collectie-Oudemans Zoologische Mededeelingen.24: 281-391.
Fain, A. 1974. The hypopi of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 described by Oudemans (Acarina, Sarcoptiformes). Zoologische Meded. Leiden.48: 119-231.
Fain, A. 1981. A revision of the phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae). Systematic Parasitology.3: 145-183.
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.
Krantz, G. W. 1998. A new genus and two new species of hypoaspidine mites (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with old world carpenter bees of the tribe Xylocopini (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopa). International Journal of Acarology.24: 291-300.
OConnor, B. M. 1993. The mite community associated with Xylocopa latipes (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae: Xylocopinae) with description of a new type of acarinarium. International Journal of Acarology.19: 159-166.
Oudemans, A. C. 1902. Acarologische aantekeningen. Entomologische Berichten.1: 43-45.
Oudemans, A. C. 1903. Notes on Acari: Fifth Series. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.45: 123-150.
Oudemans, A. C. 1905. Acarologische Aanteekeningen XX. Entomologische Berichten.2: 15-23.
Trägårdh, I. 1904. Drei neue acariden aus Kamerun. Entomologisk Tidskrift.25: 151-160.
Trägårdh, I. 1907. Acariens terrestres. In Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905). Commandée par le Dr Jean Charcot. Sciences naturelles: Documents scientifiques. Arthropodes, Pycnogonides, ed. J. Charcot, 11-13. Paris: Masson et Cie.
Vitzthum, H. 1912. Ueber einige auf Apiden lebende Milben. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie.8: 289-293.
Vitzthum, H. 1919. Acarologische Beobachtungen. 3. Reihe. Archiv für Naturgeschichte.85(Abt. A, no. 5): 1-62.
Vitzthum, H. 1941. Über den Symphorismus einiger unbekannter Tyroglyphiden-Deutonymphen. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde.12: 307-316.
Zachvatkin, A. A. 1941. Tiroglifoidnue kleshchi Tyroglyphoidea [=Tyroglyphoid mites Tyroglyphoidea]. In Fauna SSSR: Paukoobraznuye, ed. S. A. Zernov, 475. Moscow-Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR.


 

 

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