Leptus monteithi Southcott, 1993, family Erythraeidae

Leptus monteithi, larva, ex Leioproctus sp. (Colletidae), Tasmania (modified from Southcott, 1993) title=

Fig. 1. Leptus monteithi, larva, ex Leioproctus sp. (Colletidae), Tasmania (modified from Southcott, 1993). Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes : Erythraeidae : Leptus

Leptus monteithi Southcott, 1993

Leptus monteithi Southcott, 1993: 1512, Figs 26A,B, 21A, B, 28 (description; included in key; holotype larva ACA1853A and paratype larva in South Australian Museum, Adelaide); Southcott, 1999: 117 (included in key).

Hosts. Leioproctus sp. (as Lepioproctis (Leioproctis) sp.)

Distribution. Australia: Tasmania, Mt Barrow, nr Launceston (type locality)

References

Southcott, R. V. 1993. Larvae of Leptus (Acarina: Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on higher insects of Australia and New Guinea. Invertebrate Taxonomy.7: 1473-1550.

Southcott, R. V. 1999. Larvae of Leptus (Acarina : Erythraeidae), free-living or ectoparasitic on arachnids and lower insects of Australia and Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of reared post-larval instars. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.127: 113-276.

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Leptus monteithi, larva, ex Leioproctus sp. (Colletidae), Tasmania (modified from Southcott, 1993)

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