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A NEW SPECIES OF MACROCHELES (ACARINA: MACROCHELIDAE) FOUND IN BUMBLE BEE NESTS (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

K. W. Richards  and
L. A. Richards
K. W. Richards
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta
L. A. Richards
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

The adult female and male, deutonymph, protonymph, and larva of Macrocheles praedafimetorum n. sp. are described from bumble bee nests in southern Alberta, Canada. The new species appears to be a member of the glaber species-group. Various demographic characters are indicated. This mite exploits saprophagous organisms commonly found in dung, decaying matter, or bumble bee nests and has no effect on bumble bee populations.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , May 1977 , pp. 711 - 719
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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