Ontogeny of Megalolaelaps colossus sp. nov. (Acari: Megalolaelapidae), an enigmatic symbiont of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia

Orlando Cómbita-Heredia; Edwin Javier Quintero-Gutiérrez; Hans Klompen

doi:10.11158/saa.23.6.7

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Orlando Cómbita-Heredia,^1,2 Edwin Javier Quintero-Gutiérrez,³ Hans Klompen¹

¹1Acarology Laboratory, Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH 43212, U.S.A. E-mail: c
²3Centro de Investigación en Acarología, Bogotá, Colombia.
³2Universidad de Caldas & Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario ICA, Colombia

Abstract

Post-embryonic development of Megalolaelaps colossus sp. nov., is described and illustrated. This unusually large species of mite is closely associated with the dung beetle Oxysternon conspicillatum (Weber) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia. All instars of the mite occur on the beetle, except for the larva. This is the first description of all instars for a species in this genus.

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Orlando Cómbita-Heredia, Edwin Javier Quintero-Gutiérrez, and Hans Klompen "Ontogeny of Megalolaelaps colossus sp. nov. (Acari: Megalolaelapidae), an enigmatic symbiont of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(6), 1102-1124, (7 June 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.6.7

Received: 14 October 2017; Accepted: 25 May 2018; Published: 7 June 2018

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