Coleolaelaps inopinatus Grandi, 1925

Trach, V. A. & Joharchi, O., 2018, Mites Of The Family Laelapidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) Associated With Scarab Beetles In Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 217-228 : 218-219

Coleolaelaps inopinatus Grandi, 1925

Coleolaelaps inopinatus Grandi, 1925: 11 .

M a t e r i a l. Ukraine: Odesa Region, Tatarbunary District, vicinity of Primorske (45.63 N, 29.83 E), Black Sea Coast , on Anoxia orientalis (Krynicki, 1832) , 10.07.2004, 4 ♀ (A. V. Gontarenko); Bilgorod-Dnistrovsky District , vicinity of Zatoka (46.02 N, 30.40 E), Black Sea Coast, on A. orientalis , 4.07.2010, 3 ♀ ( V. A. Trach); Rozdilna District , vicinity of Kuchurhan (46.73 N, 29.98 E), on A. pilosa , 17.07.2017, 6 ♀ (A. A. Lapteva) ; Donetsk Region, Manhush District, vicinity of Bilosarayska Kosa (46.90 N, 37.33 E), Azov Sea coast, on Anoxia pilosa (Fabricius, 1792) , 15.07.2010 26 ♀ (G. V. Popov) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Austria ( Costa, Hunter, 1971); Greece ( Karg, Rössner, 1999); Hungary ( Kontschán, 2015); Israel ( Costa, Hunter, 1971); Italy ( Grandi, 1925); Romania ( Costa, Hunter, 1971); Spain ( Costa, Hunter, 1971); Tajikistan ( Bregetova, 1977); Turkey ( Karg, Rössner, 1999); Ukraine (first record).

Hosts. Anoxia asiatica Desbrochers des Loges, 1872 ( Karg, Rössner, 1999); A. maculiventris Reitter, 1890 ( Costa, Hunter, 1971); A. matutinalis Laporte, 1832 ( Grandi, 1925) ; Anoxia orientalis ( Costa, Hunter, 1971; Kontschán, 2015; this study); A. pilosa ( Costa, Hunter, 1971; this study); A. villosa (Fabricius, 1781) ( Costa, Hunter, 1971; Karg, Rössner, 1999); Polyphylla boryi ( Karg, Rössner, 1999) .

Remarks. According to the figures, indications of Coleolaelaps agrestis by Costa & Hunter (1971) and Kontschán (2015) belong to Coleolaelaps inopinatus .

Coleolaelaps inopinatus differs from C. agrestis by the narrowed dorsal shield posteriorly of lateral incisions.