Scutacarus longisetus ( Berlese, 1904 )

Khaustov, Alexander A., 2015, Myrmecophilous pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lasius flavus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Russia, Zootaxa 4044 (3), pp. 345-370 : 359-361

Scutacarus longisetus ( Berlese, 1904)

( Figs. 17 C, D)

Disparipes longisetus Berlese, 1904: 11 .

Disparipes longisetus, Paoli 1911: 238 , figs. 25, 26. Scutacarus longisetus, Karafiat 1959: 696 .

This species was described from Italy ( Berlese 1904; Paoli 1911) from ants Lasius flavus . Ebermann (1979) recorded it from Austria from the nest of Lasius niger (Linnaeus) . Mahunka (1977) recorded it from Switzerland from ants Lasius umbratus and Myrmica laevinodis . It was also recorded from Bulgaria ( Dobrev 1992), Hungary ( Mahunka 1981, 1986), Slovenia ( Mahunka 1975), Ukraine ( Sevastianov 1978). Khaustov (2008) reported it from Ukraine and Russia (Crimea) on ants Lasius flavus , L. alienus and Tetramorium caespitum .

Material examined. Twenty 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, Nizhnetavdinskiy 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; 4 females, same date and place but in nest of Lasius flavus ; 5 females, RUSSIA, Tyumen Province, Tyumen District, vicinity of settlement Reshetnikovo, 57°17'00.2" N, 65°24'32.5" E, on ants Lasius flavus , 25 September 2014, coll. T.A. Tarakanov.

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.