Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(2): 421-424, doi: 10.3897/travaux.67.e120655
The first record of phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) in Serbia
expand article infoMihailo Vujić, Vukašin Gojšina
‡ University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Abstract
The phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Scopoli, 1763) (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) has been documented for the first time within the territory of Serbia. Deutonymphs of this species were identified on a heavily infested female violet carpenter bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The infested bee was collected on November 11th, 2023, in Vrčin, near Belgrade.
Keywords
Apidae, Balkans, deutonymp, infestation, Hymenoptera