Horstiella megamyzidos Ochoa and OConnor, 2000, family Acaridae

Fig. 1. Horstiella megamyzidos, phoretic deutonymph, holotype, ex Epicharis fasciata, Brazil, BMOC 96-0916-039 Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Acaridae : Horstiella

Horstiella megamyzidos Ochoa and OConnor, 2000

Horstiella megamyzidos Ochoa and OConnor, 2000: 723, Figs 32-41 (holotype: phoretic HDN, Brazil: Pará: Belém, ex Epicharis fasciata, BMOC 96-0916-039, in KU)

Material (show database records).
Identification. Known from phoretic deutonymphs only, see key to species of Horstiella.

Hosts
Epicharis (Hoplepicharis) fasciata Lepeletier and Audinet-Serville, 1828 (type host) (Brazil, Venezuela, Cost Rica)
Epicharis (Hoplepicharis) monozona Mocsáry, 1899 (Panama)
Epicharis (Hoplepicharis) affinis Smith, 1874 (Guyana, Colombia, Peru, Brazil)
after Ochoa & OConnor, 2000

Distribution (show map). Brazil: Pará: Belém (type locality); Venezuela; Costa Rica; Panama; Guyana; Colombia; Peru (Ochoa & OConnor, 2000)

Biology. Often co-occurs with Horstiella snellingi on the same host. Commonly found under the edges of metasomal tergites.

References

Ochoa, R., OConnor, B.M., 2000. Revision of the genus Horstiella (Acari: Acaridae): mites associated with Neotropical Epicharis bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93, 713-737.