A new species, new genus and new records of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmata) phoretic on scarab beetles of the subfamily Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Author
Khaustov, Alexander A.
Author
Frolov, Andrey V.
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-07
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2
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.3
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Trochometridium tribulatum
Cross, 1965
Trochometridium tribulatum
Cross, 1965
, p. 120
, Figs 29-40.
This species was described from the
USA
associated with various halictid bees (
Cross 1965
). It has been recorded from numerous bees from the families
Andrenidae
,
Apidae
,
Halictidae
,
Megachilidae
,
Mutillidae
, and
Sphecidae
in North America, on beetles
Cicindella willistoni
LeConte (Cicindellidae)
in the
USA
,
Ossibia
sp. (
Cerambycidae
),
Aphodius
sp. (
Scarabaeidae
) in
Sudan
, and on undetermined scarab beetles in
Canada
,
Egypt
and
South Africa
(for references see
Mortazavi
et al
. 2011
).
Herewith are the first records of this species from
Sri Lanka
and
Burkina Faso
.
Material examined.
SRI LANKA
:
4 females
on
Orphnus
sp.,
Wilpattu National Park
,
Talawila
9.X.1982
,
G. Medvedev
leg
;
1 female
on
Orphnus mysoriensis
Westwood, Wilpattu National Park, Talawila
8.X.1982
V. Zaitzev leg.
BURKINA FASO
:
1 female
on
Orphnus macleayi
Laporte de Castelnau
and
11 females
on
Orphnus subfoveatus
Fairmaire, Ouagadougou
,
6.VI.1927
, G. Olsoufieff leg.