Sennertia leei Fain, 1982

Fig. 1. Sennertia leei, phoretic deutonymph, ex Xylocopa bombylans, Australia, BMOC 86-1022-016 Click to enlarge

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

Sennertia leei Fain, 1982

Sennertia (Sennertia) leei Fain, 1982: 67, Figs 3-4 (holotype (N 19811) and 12 paratype HDN (N19812-N198111) HDNs in SAM; 1 paratype HDN in author's collection); OConnor, 1993a: 362 (genus-level character acquisition for male, female, and deutonymph)

Sennertia leei: Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 232 (description of adults); Vicidomini, 1997: 601.

Material (show database records). 82 HDNs - AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Woy Woy near Gosford, nest in Banksia branch, ex male Xylocopa bombylans on mesosoma and anterior metasoma, 27 Jan 1971, T. F. Houston, WAMP 86-481, BMOC 86-1022-017; 3HDNs - Sydney, ex X. bombylans, 7 Feb 1909, no collector, CUIC, BMOC 79-1205-004; 22 HDNs - Queensland, near Tamborine Village, nest in Tristania, ex m X. bombylans on mesosoma, 20 Sep 1968, T.F. Houston, WAM 86-480, BMOC 86-1022-016; 2f, 2m, 6TNs - Tamborine, nest of X. bombylans, 20 Sep 1968, T. F. Houston, WAMP 86-253, BMOC 86-0406-005 (tentative association); 10 HDNs - South Australia, Kangaroo Island, Cape Borda, nest, ex f Xylocopa aerata on mesosoma, 22 Oct 1970 G. Cameron WAM 86-482 BMOC 86-1022-018; 20 HDNs - same data, WAM 86-483 BMOC 86-1022-019; 23 HDNs - same data, male, WAM 86-484 BMOC 86-1022-020; 21 HDNs - same data, WAM 86-485 BMOC 86-1022-021. Voucher specimens in CUIC, UMMZ, WAMP.

Hosts.
Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius, 1775) (as Lestis bombylans) (type host)
Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata (Smith, 1851) (IT IS name Xylocopa aeratus (Smith, 1851))
(Fain, 1982; Klimov & OConnor, 2008)

Distribution (show map). Australia: New South Wales (Kuring-gai) (as "Ku-rin-gai") (type locality) (Fain, 1982), Queensland, South Australia (Klimov & OConnor, 2008)

References

Fain, A. 1982. Sennertia Oudemans (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) on Australian bees. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.106: 67-70.

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.

Vicidomini, S. 1997 [1996-1997]. Biologia di Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (L., 1758): competitori, parassiti e predatori dei nidi. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria".91: 589-605.