Nidicolous mites associated with BombusniveatusKriechbaumer(Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Iran

Azhari, Shahrzad; Monfared, Alireza; Klimov, Pavel

doi:10.22073/pja.v10i4.68723

Nidicolous mites associated with BombusniveatusKriechbaumer(Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Iran

Authors

Shahrzad Azhari ¹

Alireza Monfared ¹

Pavel Klimov ²

¹ 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran;E-mails:s.azhari@yu.ac.ir, alirezamonfared1@yahoo.com

² 2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;E-mail:pklimov@umich.edu

10.22073/pja.v10i4.68723

Abstract

We collected mites from a subterranean nest (80 cm deep) of the snowy bumble-bee Bombus niveatus Kriechbaumer, in the Sabalan Mountains, Iran. The following five mite species were identified: Parasitellus fucorum, Kuzinia laevis, Proctolaelaps longisetosus, Pneumolaelaps colomboi, Pneumolaelaps hyatti. Of them, the most abundant species was Pneumolaelaps hyatti. Here in, various and some useful information about each species are discussed.

Keywords

Bumblebees

nest

Ardebil