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


Sennertia monicae Fain, 1971

Sennertia monicae Fain, 1971: 269 (holotype and 18 paratype HDNs in MRAC; short description of HDN); Fain, 1974a: 215 (comparison with S. basilewskyi); Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 233
Sennertia (Afrosennertia) monicae: Fain, 1981a: 178, Figs 53, 55, 56 (redescription, included in key, emendation of number of paratypes (12)); Fain, 1982: 67 (comparison with S. queenslandica)

Hosts. Xylocopa (Xenoxylocopa) inconstans Smith, 1874 (as Mesotrichia inconstans)
Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sud-Kivu (Uvira) (type locality)

References

Fain, A. 1971. Nouveaux hypopes du genre Sennertia Oudemans,1905. (Acarina: Glycyphagidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique.107: 264-271.
Fain, A. 1974. Nouveaux hypopes phorétiques d'Hyménoptères africains (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). Revue de Zoologie Africaine.88: 213-219.
Fain, A. 1981. A revision of the phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae). Systematic Parasitology.3: 145-183.
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.


 

 

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