Eutrombidium species

Haitlinger, Ryszard, 2015, New records of Eutrombidium sorbasiensis MAAYORAL & BARRANCO, 2004 (Acari: Prostigmata: Microtrombidiidae: Eutrombidiinae) from Europe, with notes on some other Eutrombidium and their hosts, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1337-1352 : 1339

Hosts of Eutrombidium species

The genus Eutrombidium is widely distributed in all continents, excluding Antarctica, but only 23 species, based on larva or larva and adults, are known hitherto. The species of Eutrombidium are associated mainly with hosts of Orthoptera ; the only E. fortunatae HAITLINGER, 2005 was collected exclusively on Apidae and E. sigirijanum HAITLINGER, 2006 on Tenebrionidae ( HAITLINGER 2005, 2006b). It is unknown if these hosts are main hosts for the species. However, some species of Eutrombidium were notted on untypical hosts: E. feldnanmuhsamae and E. robauxi on Mantodea ( SOUTHCOTT 1993) and E. sorbasiensis on Cerambycidae .The order Orthoptera includes 40 families with 23.855 species ( INGRISH 2011). Eutrombidium species were reported from only 6 families of Orthoptera : Acrididae , Gryllidae , Morabidae , Pyrgomorphidae , Tetrigidae and Tettigonidae . Eutrombidium species were found on host species determined to species or only to genus:185 host belong to Acrididae , five to Morabidae , four to Gryllidae , four to Tettogonidae, two to Pyrgomorphidae and one species to Tetrigidae . Only for two Eutrombium hosts are well known: E. australense was found on 129 hosts (122 Acrididae ) and E. trigonum on 49 hosts. Acrididae species are main hosts for Eutrombidium species; 13 species of them were noted on Acrididae , five species on Gryllidae , one species on Morabidae , Pyrgomorphidae , Tetrigidae and Tettigonidae .