Family Trochometridiidae Mahunka, 1970

Trochometridium tribulatum, phoretic female, ex Melissodes sp., USA: Arizona, BMOC 03-0821-006 title=

Fig. 1. Trochometridium tribulatum, phoretic female, ex Melissodes sp., USA: Arizona, BMOC 03-0821-006. Click to enlarge

Bee Mites : Acari : Acariformes : Trombidiformes

Family Trochometridiidae Mahunka, 1970

Type genus Trochometridium Cross, 1965.

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General Description. This family includes two genera, Trochometridium Cross (Cross, 1965; Lindquist, 1986) and Neotrochometridium Hajiqanbar et Khaustov, 2009, associated with insects. Species of Trochometridium were collected from bees and bee nests (Hajiqanbar & Khaustov, 2009).

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Genera associated with bees.

Trochometridium Cross, 1965

References

Cross, E. A. 1965. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina: Trombidiformes). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin.45: 29-275.

Hajiqanbar, H., A. Khaustov, K. Kamali, A. Saboori & H. Kamali. 2009. New taxa of the family Trochometridiidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) associated with insects from Iran. Journal of Natural History.43: 2701-2722.

Lindquist, E. E. 1986. The world genera of Tarsonemidae (Acari: Heterostigmata): A morphological, phylogenetic, and systematic revision, with a reclassification of family-group taxa in the Heterostigmata. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.136: 1-517.

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