Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Sennertia : Sennertia species
Sennertia vitzthumi Fain, 1981
Sennertia (Asiosennertia) vitzthumi Fain, 1981a: 172, Figs 47, 48, 62 (holotype HDN in ZSMC A20031437; description of HDN, included in key. Original label information: "No. V 3068. Sennertia alfkeni Ouds. 2-Ny, Exuvie,14.9.1928")
Sennertia vitzthumi: Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 237
Material (show database records).
Hosts. Unknown (2 HDNs identified by Fain are from Xylocopa latipes, IRSNB (BMOC 11-0930-002))
Distribution. Unknown (probably Oriental) (2 HDNs identified by Fain are from Inonesia (Sumatra), IRSNB (BMOC 11-0930-002))
References
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.
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