LIFE CYCLE STAGES OF MITES OF THE GENUS CTENOCOLLETACARUS FAIN (ACARI ACARIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH CTENOCOLLETES BEES IN AUSTRALIA

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Abstract
The first known life cycle stages (other than the hypopus) for the genus Ctenoeolletaearus are described, They comprise the female, egg, larva, and protonymph of C. longirostris, and the tritonymph and adults (female and homomorphic and heteromorphic males) of C. brevirostris, They were collected from brood cells of their hosts or reared from hypopi.

Additional host records for hypopi of the two species are provided and Ctenoeolletes nigrieans is newly recorded as a host for C. brevirostris,

Author(s) FAIN, A. AND HOUSTON, T.F. : Part 1
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