New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in eucalypt plantations

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New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in eucalypt plantations

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Title: New Parobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) parasitic on pestiferous paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in eucalypt plantations
Author/Creator: Seeman, O D | Nahrung, H F
Description: Chrysophtharta cloelia (Chapuis), C. variicollis (Chapuis) and Paropsis atomaria Olivier are pests of plantation eucalypts in eastern Australia. Each of these species were infested with podapolipid mites (Acari: Podapolipidae), a group of mainly sexually-transmitted parasites often found beneath the elytra of beetles. C. cloelia and C. variicollis were host to one species, Parobia captivus sp. nov., that closely resembles Parobia husbandi Seeman & Nahrung 2003. In contrast, Ps. atomaria was host to three species, Parobia alipilus sp. nov., Parobia gimlii sp. nov. and Parobia lawsoni sp. nov. We re-diagnose Parobia and make changes to the setal nomenclature presented for the type species P. husbandi.
Relation: Systematic and Applied Acarology / Vol. 10, pp.111-135
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.10.1.12
Year: 2005
Publisher: Systematic and Applied Acarology Society
Subject: FoR 0603 (Evolutionary Biology) | sexually-transmitted parasites | new species | chrysophtharta | paropsis | Australia

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