A New Genus and Species of Mite (Acarina: Podapolipidae) Associated with Canthon humectus1

Natural Enemies of Ladybird Beetles

“…Husband (1972Husband ( , 1981Husband ( , 1984bHusband ( , 1989; Smiley (1974) Husband (1983Husband ( , 1984a oconnori Chilocorus stigma (USA) Husband (1989) solanophilae Epilachna karisimbica (DR Congo) Cooreman (1952) Life c ycle…”

A new species ofArchipolipus(Acari: Podapolipidae), an ectoparasite ofCanthon moniliferfrom Bolivia

“…Although male Archipolipus have 4 pairs of legs and 5 setae on tarsi II and III, males, larval females and adult females have many apomorphic characters. Females are not without legs as reported by Husband (1971). The slender, lightly sclerotized legs are very difficult to observe in most preparations.…”

“…The genus Archipolipus and the type and only species A. canthoni were described by Husband (1971). Archipolipus is restricted to the beetle genera Canthon and Deltochilum (Scarabaeidae) in North, Central and South America.…”

World distribution and host range of Podapolipoides spp. (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Podapolipidae), with the description of a new species

“…Three species of Locustacarus are endoparasites in the tracheal system of their hosts (two species on acridids and one species on bumblebees). Locustacarus spp., along with three species of Ovacarus Stannard & Vaishampayan, 1971 and Parobia lawsoni Seeman & Nahrung, 2005, constitute true endoparasites of the family Podapolipidae (see Stannard & Vaishampayan, 1971;Husband, 1974;Husband & Husband, 1996;Seeman & Nahrung, 2005;Hajiqanbar et al, 2007). Podapolipus includes 29 ectoparasitic species in which two species parasitise Blattodea, 12 species Coleoptera and 15 species Acrididae (see Husband et al, 2008), but only Podapolipoides has an exclusive association with grasshoppers.…”