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AN UNUSUAL NEW SPECIES OF TARSONEMUS (ACARINA: TARSONEMIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDIAN HONEY BEE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Evert E. Lindquist
Evert E. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

The female of Tarsonemus indoapis n. sp. is described, illustrated, and its unusual morphological features are discussed. This mite is apparently restricted to the head region, where its microhabitat is possibly the posterior tentorial pits, of the adult host, Apis indica Fabricius. It is compared briefly with other tarsonemid symbionts of bees, that is, species of Acarapis and Tarsonemus apis Rennie.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 9 , September 1968 , pp. 1002 - 1006
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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