Sennertia alfkeni (Oudemans, 1900)

Kontschan, Jeno, Jeon, Mi Jeong, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2016, First record of four bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) associated mite species (Acari) from Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (1), pp. 27-30 : 30

Sennertia alfkeni (Oudemans, 1900) ( Figs. 7, 8 )

Material examined: Two phoretic deutonymphs. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyongyang Prov., Kyollyong-josuji Reservoar , 30 km E from Pyongyang, host: Xylocopa sp , 30.X.1978, leg. Vojnits, A. & Zombori, L.

Diagnosis: Dorsal setae si very short, setae se, c2, cp, d2, e2 very long. Setae c1 situated on hysterosomal shield. Ventral setae 4b short and robust, apical part peaked. Ventral tarsal setae (w) elongated.

Notes: This species occurs only in East-Asia, especially in Japan. Only one uncertain data are known from South-Korea.

Remark: This is the first record of this species from North-Korea.

Figures

Figs. 5-8. Mites collected on bees in North Korea: 5. Scutacarus acarorum (Goeze, 1780) dorsal view, 6. ventral view. 7. Sennertia alfkeni (Oudemans, 1900) dorsal view, 8. ventral view.