Persian Journal of Acarology

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

https://doi.org/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
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 10, Issue 4
Autumn 2021
Pages 501-506

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