probably mutualistic or commensal; presumably feed on microarthropods and waste in bee nests
Hunteria Delfinado-Baker, Baker and Flechtmann, 1984
Superorder Parasitiformes » Order Mesostigmata » Suborder Monogynaspida » Hyporder Dermanyssiae » Family Laelapidae » Genus Hunteria
Hunteria brasiliensis Delfinado-Baker, Baker and Flechtmann, 1984
Adult: Sternal shieldsternal shield:
A shield in the anterior intercoxal region of parasitiform mites that bears one or more pairs of sternal setae.
expanded anteriorly, forming two tubercles on anterior idiosomaidiosoma:
Body not including the gnathosoma.
(Figs. 2, 3).
This genus includes a single species, Hunteria brasiliensis.
Neotropical region
stingless bee Melipona fasciculata
permanentpermanent:
associated exclusively with bees or their close relative, wasps; cannot live without these hosts
Members of this genus are presumably predaceous and coprophilous (growing or living on dung); permanentpermanent:
associated exclusively with bees or their close relative, wasps; cannot live without these hosts
commensals in bee nests.