Sennertia bifilis
Fig. 1. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia bifilis (larger mites) and Horstia trifilis (smaller) on Xylocopa combinata  (BMOC-05-0420-115). Click here to enlarge
Sennertia bifilis
Fig. 1. Phoretic deutonymphs of Sennertia bifilis (larger mites) and Horstia trifilis (smaller) on Xylocopa combinata  (BMOC-05-0420-115). Click here to enlarge
Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Sarcoptiformes : Chaetodactylidae : Sennertia


Sennertia bifilis (Canestrini, 1897)

Trichotarsus bifilis Canestrini, 1897: 474 (description of HDN, holotype not designated, repository unknown); Canestrini & Kramer, 1899: 149 (redescription of HDN and adults; HDN and females included in key); Giard, 1900: 377; Oudemans, 1901: 83 (included in key); Oudemans, 1903a: 147 (included in key, assigned to group D in Trichotarsus); Oudemans, 1906: 112; Vitzthum, 1912d: 290
Sennertia bifilis: Oudemans, 1905a: 22; Vitzthum, 1919: 61 (redescription of HDN and adults); Zachvatkin, 1941: 42; Fain, 1981a: 180; Lombert et al., 1987: 113; Klimov & OConnor, 2008: 224

Material (show database records).
Hosts. Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) combinata Ritsema, 1876
Distribution. Papua New Guinea: Madang: Astrolabe Bay (Erima)

References
Canestrini, G. 1897. Nuovi Acaroidei della Nuova-Guinea. Természetrajzi füzetek (Budapest).20: 461-474.
Canestrini, G. & P. Kramer. 1899. Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. In Das Tierreich. 8 Lieferung (ed. H. Lohmann), ed. F. E. Schulze, 1-193. Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn.
Fain, A. 1981. A revision of the phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of the genus Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Acari, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae). Systematic Parasitology.3: 145-183.
Fain, A. 1982. Sennertia Oudemans (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) on Australian bees. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.106: 67-70.
Giard, A. 1900. Sur un nouveau Tyroglyphide (Trichotarsus manicati, n. sp.) [Acar.] parasite d'Anthidium manicatum L., et sur le genre Trichotarsus. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France.1900: 375-377.
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.
Lombert, H. A. P. M., B. M. OConnor, F. S. Lukoschus & J. O. Whitaker, Jr. . 1987. Ontogeny, systematics and ecology of Sennertia (Amsennertia) americana Delfinado & Baker, 1976 (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) from the nest of the carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). International Journal of Acarology.13: 113-129.
Oudemans, A. C. 1901. Notes on Acari. 3d ser. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. Leiden.7: 50-87 + plates i-iii.
Oudemans, A. C. 1903. Notes on Acari: Fifth Series. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.45: 123-150.
Oudemans, A. C. 1905. Acarologische Aanteekeningen XX. Entomologische Berichten.2: 15-23.
Oudemans, A. C. 1906. Acari. Nova Guinea. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise á la Nouvelle-Guenée. Tirage apart.5: 101-161, pls ii-v.
Vitzthum, H. 1912. Ueber einige auf Apiden lebende Milben. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie.8: 289-293.
Vitzthum, H. 1919. Acarologische Beobachtungen. 3. Reihe. Archiv für Naturgeschichte.85(Abt. A, no. 5): 1-62.
Zachvatkin, A. A. 1941. Tiroglifoidnue kleshchi Tyroglyphoidea [=Tyroglyphoid mites Tyroglyphoidea]. In Fauna SSSR: Paukoobraznuye, ed. S. A. Zernov, 475. Moscow-Leningrad: Akademiya Nauk SSSR.


 

 

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