REDESCRIPTION OF THE PHORETIC MITE Sennertia leucothorae RAMARAJU & MOHANASUNDARAM, 2001 (SARCOPTIFORMES: CHAETODACTYLIDAE) FROM KERALA, SOUTH INDIA
NEERAJ MARTIN *
Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673001, India.
SACHIN P. JAMES
Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673001, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A species of phoretic mite Sennertia leucothorae associated with carpenter bee Xylocopa leucothorae from Idukki district of Kerala is redescribed based on the morphological features of phoretic deutonymph. Specimens were examined, illustrated, compared with previous descriptions and anomalous features evaluated for redescription.
Keywords: Sennertia, redescription, phoretic mite, Xylocopa, chaetodactylidae, Kerala.