Klinckowstroemia victoriae Rosario & Hunter, 1988

SchusterK, Jack, GygaxK, Daniel, Diaz, Dafna L. & Serrano-PerazaK, Francisco, 2023, Distributions, range extensions and host list update for four phoretic mite genera (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae) on Passalidae (Coleoptera), Acarologia 63 (2), pp. 596-604 : 598-599

Klinckowstroemia victoriae Rosario & Hunter, 1988

This species we found associated with two individuals of Arrox agassizi Kaup collected in trunks of Quercus sp. It has been reported from Xicotepec de Juárez (Puebla, México), Quetzaltenango Dept. y Puerta Parada in Guatemala. Klinckowstroemia victoriae presents sternal seta 4 short sternal seta 3 of medium length, one pair of setae a and sternal seta 1 is serrate latigynal shields united mesally with a wavy border ( Figure 4B ) ( Villegas-Guzmán et al., 2011). K. victoriae is also the most common klinckwostroemiid species in some areas of the city and is associated to several passalid hosts ( Table 2) (obs. pers.)

Several new localities and hosts were found for Similantennurella , Antennurella , Klinckowstroemiella . Five of the Similantennurella specimens examined ( Table 3) were collected in previously unreported localities, including Ecuador, Mexico, French Guyana and Guatemala. All were found on Passalus punctiger Lepeletier & Serville. Six of the Antennurella specimens examined ( Table 3) belong to 6 new localities: Bolivia, Belize, Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Guatemala. Two males were found on P. punctatostriatus and a female was found on Verres furcilabris , both previously unreported hosts ( Table 3). Four of the Klinckowstroemiella specimens ( Table 3) examined were from previously unreported localities: Bolivia, Peru, Honduras and Ecuador. Some specimens were collected from previously unreported hosts for the genus ( Table 4).

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Figure 4 Antennurella ventral male: A – Suture separating abdomen from rest of the body; B – Hyaline hood surrounding whole body. (Photos by JCS).