Research papers of the week – April 11, 2022

Ryszard Haitlinger

European Zoological Journal

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The data on host-mites associations between Canestriniidae and insects are summarized. Names of many hosts, incorrectly mentioned in the original works, have been corrected. 9 new genera have been described: Balearella, Cercediphotia, Ciprusenia, Ismaielienia, Javanellina, Kuramasenia, Midiphotia, Phaleratusellus and Sumatranella, 24 species are transferred to another or new genera Balearella asilahica, B. balearica, B. samsinaki, Ciprusenia carabicola, C. izabelae, C. kamelskyi, C. sellnicki, C. viviannae, Imaielienia egypti, I.maroccana, Javanellina macgillavryi, Kuramasenia illegalis, K. paavoi, K. pekingensis, K. pictura, K. ramoni, Midiphotia hispanica, M. jureceki, Phaleratusellus alatus, Psedocanestrinia damiani, P. roberti, Sumatranella batocerae, S. elae and S.phoebinae. 370 species of canestriniids belonging to 101 genera were collected from 361 species of hosts belonging to 113 genera. Canestriniidae were found in 12 Insecta families and in 2 Diplopoda families but species of the families Blattidae and Geotrupidae are accidental hosts. The main hosts of Canestriniidae are Cassidinae (Chrysomelidae) (77 canestriniid species), Cetoniinae (Scarabaeidae) (48), Carabinae (Carabidae) (42), Macroliniinae (Passalidae) (35) and Dynastinae (Scarabaeidae) (20). About 58% of the canestriniid genera are associated with one genus of host and about 60% of canestriniid species are associated with one host species. Canestriniids with large host number have also been found: Arrunsithiana battosi (15 host species), Grandiellopsis gambosa (15) and many others. Most canestriniid species found in Asia (109), South America (78), Africa (66), Europe (51), Oceania (33) and Central America (28). Many species of canestriniids were found in Indonesia (47), Brazil (44) and Papua New Guinea (23). Keyes to genera of the Asia, Europe and Oceania are provided.

DOI:10.1080/24750263.2021.2000049

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