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Pneumolaelaps connieae Hunter and Husband, 1973


Pneumolaelaps connieae Hunter and Husband, 1973: 84, Fig. 3A-E.


Material. 1 holotype and 5 paratype females (unprocessed).

Hosts.
Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837 (including occidentalis)
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1773) (as americanorum) (type host)
Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens Cresson, 1863.
Bombus (Separatobombus) griseocollis (DeGeer, 1773)


Distribution. USA: Michigan (type locality); Georgia.

References
Hunter, P. E. & R. W. Husband. 1973. Pneumolaelaps (Acarina: Laelapidae) mites from North America and Greenland. The Florida Entomologist.56: 77-91.



 

 

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