Female Xylocopa pubescens. Symbiotic mites (Dinogamasus sp.) can be seen in the bee's
acarinarium.
Dinogamasus is a genus of
mites in the family
Laelapidae.[1] Most species are associated with carpenter bees in the genus Xylocopa and are found in their
acarinarium.[2]
^Joharchi, Omid; Khodaparast, Razeyeh; Ghasemi Moghadam, Sahebeh (2016). "First report of the genus Dinogamasus Kramer (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from the Middle East Region, with the description of a new species<". Systematic and Applied Acarology. 21 (6): 791.
doi:
10.11158/saa.21.6.6.
Female Xylocopa pubescens. Symbiotic mites (Dinogamasus sp.) can be seen in the bee's
acarinarium.
Dinogamasus is a genus of
mites in the family
Laelapidae.[1] Most species are associated with carpenter bees in the genus Xylocopa and are found in their
acarinarium.[2]
^Joharchi, Omid; Khodaparast, Razeyeh; Ghasemi Moghadam, Sahebeh (2016). "First report of the genus Dinogamasus Kramer (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) from the Middle East Region, with the description of a new species<". Systematic and Applied Acarology. 21 (6): 791.
doi:
10.11158/saa.21.6.6.