Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Sennertia : Sennertia species
Sennertia roepkei Oudemans, 1924
Sennertia roepkei Oudemans, 1924: 330 (holotype not designated, syntypes in RMNH (Buitendijk, 1945); description of larva, protonymph, female, and male); Lombert et al., 1987: 113; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 234
Hosts. On eggs of Horia (as "Cissites (= Horia)") (Coleoptera: Meloidae) in nest of Xylocopa sp.
Distribution. Indonesia: Java (Bogor) (as "Buitenzorg")
References
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.
Lombert, H. A. P. M., B. M. OConnor, F. S. Lukoschus & J. O. Whitaker, Jr. . 1987. Ontogeny, systematics and ecology of Sennertia (Amsennertia) americana Delfinado & Baker, 1976 (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) from the nest of the carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). International Journal of Acarology.13: 113-129.
Oudemans, A. C. 1924. Acarologische Aanteekehingen LXXVII. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam).6: 317-336.
B. OConnor and P. Klimov ©
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