Platytrombidium fasciatum (C. L. Koch, 1836)

Haarder, Simon & Mąkol, Joanna, 2022, Terrestrial Parasitengona mites (Trombidiformes) of Denmark - new data on parasite-host associations and new country records, Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 508-520 : 513

Platytrombidium fasciatum (C. L. Koch, 1836)

Species distributed in the western Palaearctic; known from all active life instars ( Mąkol and Wohltmann 2012, and references therein). Known hosts are brachyceran flies ( Diptera ) from the families Anthomyzidae , Chloropidae , Drosophilidae , Lauxaniidae , Muscidae , Sarcophagidae and Tephritidae ( Felska et al. 2018) .

Records:

• Sommersted (Haderslev), 27 April 2019, leg. Birthe Hjuler; 1 P, in garden

• Aars (Vesthimmerland), 13 May 2021, leg. Jan Tidemand and Merete Christensen; 1 P, in garden

Note: New species for Denmark.