Scutacarus ponticulus Mahunka, 1981

Khaustov, Alexander A., 2015, Myrmecophilous pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Russia, Zootaxa 4044 (3), pp. 345-370 : 361

Scutacarus ponticulus Mahunka, 1981

( Figs. 17 A, B)

Scutacarus ponticulus Mahunka, 1981: 366 , figs. 67–70.

This species was described from Hungary from an ant nest ( Mahunka 1981). Khaustov (2008) reported it from Ukraine and Russia (Leningrad Province, Crimea) on ants Lasius flavus .

Material examined. Twenty one females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Kazanskiy District, vicinity of settlement Kazanskoye, 55° 37' 21.1"N, 69° 22' 17.7"E, in nest of Lasius flavus , 3 August 2014, coll. V.A. Stolbov; 4 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Nizhnetavdinksiy District, vicinity of lake Kuchak, 57°20'13.9"N, 66°03'30.4"E, on ants Lasius flavus , 15 May 2015, coll. A.A. Khaustov; 9 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°09'50.4"N, 65°27'26.7"E, on Lasius flavus , 26 July 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov; 19 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of Tyumen, 57°09'50.4"N, 65°27'26.7"E, on Lasius flavus , 21 September 2014, coll. A.A. Khaustov.

Figures

FIGURE 17. SEM photos of females of scutacarid mites phoretic on workers of Lasius flavus: A, B— S. ponticulus between coxae III, C, D— S, longisetus on lateral surface of first abdominal tergite.