Pneumolaelaps (Acarina: Laelapidae) Mites from North America and Greenland

Six new species of Pneumolaelaps are described from North America and Greenland, and bumble bee hosts and a key to females from this area are given. The subspecies Pneumolaelaps bombicolens (Can.) groenlandica Tragardh is given species status. Observations on the biology, dispersal, and distribution...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hunter, Preston E., Husband, Robert W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Florida Entomological Society 1973
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Online Access:http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/56771
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Summary:Six new species of Pneumolaelaps are described from North America and Greenland, and bumble bee hosts and a key to females from this area are given. The subspecies Pneumolaelaps bombicolens (Can.) groenlandica Tragardh is given species status. Observations on the biology, dispersal, and distribution of these mites are given.