Arthropods associated with world passalid beetles with particular reference to the Diarthrophallidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Author
Haitlinger, Ryszard
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Journal of Natural History
2024
2024-08-12
58
29 - 32
1178
1259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2373490
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SUIDASIIDAE Hughes, 1948
Suidasiidae
is a small family with seven genera. Only
Suidasia pontifica
Oudemans, 1905
was found, on the unidentified
Passalidae
(
Philippines
) (
Balmes-Pacia and Corpuz-Raros 1998
; Corpuz-Raroz 2001) (
Tables 2
,
5
and
7
).
In total, 77
Astigmata
species have been found on the
Passalidae
(including those determined to genus, if there were no species identified for the genus, and listed as aff.). Together, on the same host species,
Astigmata
were found with
Trombidiformes
four times;
Mesostigmata
(2);
Oribatida
(1);
Pseudoscorpiones
(1);
Mesostigmata
and
Trombidiformes
(4);
Oribatida
and
Trombidiformes
(2);
Mesostigmata
and
Oribatida
(1);
Mesostigmata
and
Pseudoscorpiones
(1);
Mesostigmata
,
Oribatida
and
Trombidiformes
(1); and
Diptera
,
Mesostigmata
,
Oribatida
and
Trombidiformes
(1). Species of
Passalidae
on which only
Astigmata
(
Canestriniidae
) were found are
Cetejus punctithorax
Zang, 1903
,
Didimus sansibaricus
Harold, 1880
,
Gonatas naviculator
(Percheron, 18440,
Labienus gigas
(Kaup, 1868),
Macrolinus nicobaricus
Gravely, 1914
,
Pleurarius brachyphyllus
, and
Protomocoelus triumphator
(Zang, 1904)
.