Ereynetes (Ereynetes) boharti Hunter and Cross, 1968, family Ereynetidae

Ereynetes boharti (Ereynetidae) from nest of Nomia melanderi (modified from Hunter and Cross, 1968) title=

Fig. 1. Ereynetes boharti (Ereynetidae) from nest of Nomia melanderi (modified from Hunter and Cross, 1968). Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Ereynetidae : Ereynetes

Ereynetes (Ereynetes) boharti Hunter and Cross, 1968

Ereynetes (Ereynetes) boharti Hunter and Cross, 1968: 156, Fig. 1; Fain and Camerik, 1994: 151.

Hosts. Nomia melanderi Cockerell, 1906 (Halictidae).

Distribution. USA: Wyoming.

Biology. This species has been collected only once from artificial nests of the bee Nomia melanderi (Halictidae) containing many dead prepupae and mites of the genera Sancassania (Acaridae), Anoetus (Histiostomatidae), and the family Rhodacaridae. Probably, the normal habitat of this species is soil surface and the mites are able to invade the artificial nests because of relatively free access to the cells made possible by the type of nest construction (Hunter and Cross, 1968). The species probably is a predator, like others representatives of the genus Ereynetes.

References

Fain, A. & A. M. Camerik. 1994. Notes on the mites of the genus Ereynetes Berlese (Acari: Ereynetinae), with description of five new species from South Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie.64: 145-164.

Hunter, P. E. & E. A. Cross. 1968. Key to North American Ereynetinae and description of a new species (Acarina: Ereynetinae). Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society.3: 154-158.

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Ereynetes boharti (Ereynetidae) from nest of Nomia melanderi (modified from Hunter and Cross, 1968)

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