Roubikia (Latin) is a genus of ticks ( Hemisarcoptoidea ) of the family Chaetodactylidae from the order Astigmata . 4 species. Neotropic . Parasites of solitary bees [1] [2] .
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Content
Spread
Neotropics (Central and South America ): Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Mexico , Peru , French Guiana [1] .
Description
Mutualists or commensals that feed on nesting material or food resources of bees. The presence of the metasomal acarinarium in Roubikia latebrosa ( Peru ) confirms the mutualistic nature of the relationship of this genus of ticks with bees. Associated with only single bees of the genus Tetrapedia ( Apidae : Tetrapediini ) [1] . Species of Roubikia panamensis and R. imberba are found on the kleptoparasitic bees of the genus Coelioxoides ( Apidae : Tetrapediini ) attacking their main host (Alvez-Dos-Santos et al., 2002) [3] .
The genus Roubikia OConnor BM, 1993 was isolated in 1993 by the American acarologist B. M. Okonnor ( Barry M. Oconnor ) and named after the Panamanian zoologist D. V. Rubik (DW Roubik; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa , Panama ) [2 ] [4] [5] .
Systematics
4 types [1] .
- Roubikia imberba Klimov and OConnor, 2007 - Argentina
- Roubikia latebrosa Klimov and OConnor, 2007 - Peru
- Roubikia officiosa Klimov and OConnor, 2007 - Mexico
- Roubikia panamensis (Baker, Roubik and Delfinado-Baker, 1987) [2] - typus
- = Chaetodactylus panamensis Baker, Ubik & Delfinado-Baker, 1987
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Beemites: Genus Roubikia OConnor, 1993
- ↑ 1 2 3 Baker, EW, DW Roubik & M. Delfinado-Baker. The developmental stages and dimorphic males of Chaetodactylus panamensis, n. sp. (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with solitary bee (Apoidea: Anthophoridae) (English) // International Journal of Acarology. - 1987. - Vol. 13 , no. 1 . - P. 65-73 .
- ↑ Alves-Dos-Santos, I., GAR Melo & JG Rozen, Jr. 2002. Biology and immature stages of the beetle Tetrapediini (Hymenoptera: Apidae). American Museum Novitates.3377: 1-45.
- ↑ OConnor BM (1993). Generic relationships in the Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus. Archival copy of November 11, 2012 at Wayback Machine - Acarologia, 1993, vol. 34, no 4, pp. 345-362
- Lim Klimov Pavel B. and Barry M. Oconnor. (2007). Ancestral Area Analysis of Chaetodactylid Mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), with Neotropics . Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100 (6): 810-829.
Literature
- Baker, EW, DW Roubik & M. Delfinado-Baker. The developmental stages and dimorphic males of Chaetodactylus panamensis, n. sp. (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with solitary bee (Apoidea: Anthophoridae) (English) // International Journal of Acarology. - 1987. - Vol. 13 , no. 1 . - P. 65-73 .
- Klimov Pavel B., S. Bradleigh Vinson and Barry M. OConnor. (2007). Acarinaria associations of apid bees (Hymenoptera) and chaetodactylid mites (Acari). Invertebrate Systematics, 2007, 21, 109–136.
- Klimov, PB & BM OConnor. (2008). Morphology, evolution, and moths of the family Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata), with a monographic revision of the North American taxa. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan.199: 1-243.
- Roubik, DW Tetrapedia and the mite Chaetodactylus panamensis Baker, Roubik and Delfinado-Baker (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) (English) // International Journal of Acarology. - 1987. - Vol. 13 , no. 1 . - P. 75-76 .