Sennertia splendidulae, phoretic deutonymph, ex Xylocopa splendidula, Argentina, HK 85-0107-005
Fig. 1. Sennertia splendidulae, phoretic deutonymph, ex Xylocopa splendidula, Argentina, HK 85-0107-005 Click to enlarge

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


Sennertia splendidulae Alzuet and Abrahamovich, 1989

Sennertia (Amsennertia) brevipilis Alzuet & Abrahamovich 1987, Figs 1-7 (holotype and 15 paratype HDNs in MLPA; preocc. Sennertia vanderhammeni brevipilis Fain, 1974)
Sennertia (Amsennertia) splendidulae Alzuet & Abrahamovich, 1989: 236 (nom. n. pro Sennertia (Amsennertia) brevipilis Alzuet and Abrahamovich, "1988"); Abrahamovich & Alzuet, 1990: 319 (observations on interaction of mites and bees in nest; year of species description indicated as 1988); Alzuet & Abrahamovich, 1991: 1, Figs 1-24 (description of egg, larva, protonymph, tritonymph, male and female, SEM pictures. Host nest from Eucalyptus. Year of species description inconsistently indicated as 1988 and 1989); OConnor, 1993a: 362
Sennertia splendidulae: Abrahamovich & Alzuet, 1989: 115; Alzuet & Abrahamovich, 1990: 630 (comparison with S. augustii); OConnor, 1993b: 164; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 235
Sennertia splendidula [sic!]: Okabe et al., 2008: 1378

Material (show database records).
Hosts. Xylocopa (Schonnherria) splendidula Lepeletier, 1841 (type host)
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) mendozana Enderlein, 1913
Distribution (show map). Argentina: Buenos Aires Prov. (La Plata) (type locality), Catamarca, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Misiones, Río Negro, San Luis


References

Abrahamovich, A. H. & A. D. B. d. Alzuet. 1989 [1988]. Relaciones forrticas entre acaros (Acaridae y Chaetodactylidae) e himenopteros (Anthophoridae, Xylocopinae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina.47: 115-122.
Abrahamovich, A. H. & A. B. Alzuet de. 1990. Tipos de asociación entre acaros e Hymenópteros. I: Sennertia (A.) splendidulae Alzuet y Abrahamovich, 1988 (Acarina: Chaetodactylidae) comensal y forético de Xylocopa (S.) splendidula splendidula Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Turrialba.40: 319-322.
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.
Alzuet, A. B. d. & A. H. Abrahamovich. 1989 [1986]. Nueva denominacion para Sennertia (Amsennertia) brevipilis Alzuet y Abrahamovich 1988 (Acari; Astigmata; Chaetodactylidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina.45: 236.
Alzuet, A. B. d. & A. H. Abrahamovich. 1991. Descripción de los estados del ciclo biológico de Sennertia (A.) splendidulae Alzuet y Abrahamovich, 1989 (Acarina, Chaetodactylidae), asociados con Xylocopa (S.) splendidula splendidula Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment.26: 1-10.
Alzuet, A. D. B. d. & A. H. Abrahamovich. 1990. Tipos de asociación entre ácaros e himenópteros. II. Descripción de los estados del ciclo de Sennertia (A.) augustii, sp. n. (Acarina, Chaetodactylidae) asociada a Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia.34: 627-635.
OConnor, B. M. 1993a. Generic relationships in the Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus. Acarologia.34: 345-362.
OConnor, B. M. 1993b. 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.
Okabe, K., S. I. Makino & T. Endo. 2008. Polymorphism in the deutonymph and adult of Sennertia alfkeni (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with the large carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Natural History.42: 1361-1384.
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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