Hypoaspis krameri (G. Canestrini & R. Canestrini, 1881 )

Trach, V. A. & Joharchi, O., 2018, Mites Of The Family Laelapidae (Acari, Mesostigmata) Associated With Scarab Beetles In Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 52 (3), pp. 217-228 : 224-226

Hypoaspis krameri (G. Canestrini & R. Canestrini, 1881)

Gamasus krameri Canestrini, Canestrini, 1881: 1083 .

Material. Ukraine, Chernihiv Region, Bakhmach District, Bakhmach town (51.18 N, 32.82 E), on Carabus hortensis Linnaeus, 1758 (Carabidae) , 2005, 8 ♀ (N. M. Lysenko); Odesa Region, Odesa, Suvorovsky District (46.57 N, 30.77 E), street, on Oryctes nasicornis , 1.06.2005, 12 ♀ ( V. A. Trach); Berezivka District, vicinity of Marynove (47.05 N, 35.75 E), dacha, on O. nasicornis , 07.2009, 12 ♀ (A. I. Korziukov); Balta District, vicinity of Gerbine (48.18 N, 29.82 E), forest, on Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lucanidae) , 25.06.2009, 2 ♀ (L. V. Sokolov); Podilsk District, vicinity of Podilsk (47.75 N, 29.52 E), forest, on L. cervus , 16.05.2010, 6 ♀ ( V. A. Trach); Mykolaiv Region, Pervomaisk District, vicinity of Grushevka (48.00 N, 30.97 E), forest, on Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lucanidae) , 29.06.2014, 1 ♀ ( V. A. Trach); Kherson Region, Oleshky District, vicinity of Radensk (46.55 N, 32.95 E), under the trunk of a pine, on O. nasicornis , 5.06.2010, 12 ♀ ( V. A. Trach).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Austria ( Kofler, Schmölzer, 2000); Belgium (Fain, Meissen, 1997); Finland ( Huhta, 2016); Germany ( Hirschmann et al., 1969); Great Britain ( Evans, Till, 1966); Hungary ( Kontschán, 2015); Italy ( Canestrini, Canestrini, 1881); Latvia ( Salmane, Telnov, 2009); Netherlands ( Evans, Till, 1966); Norway ( Gwiazdowicz, Gulvik, 2005); Turkey ( Çobanoğlu et al., 2003); Ukraine (first record); “ USSR ” ( Bregetova, 1977).

Hosts. Anoplotrupes stercorarius (Scriba, 1791) ( Hirschmann et al., 1969) ; Anoxia orientalis ( Çobanoğlu et al., 2003) ; Carabus hortensis (first record); Dorcus parallelipipedus (first record); Lucanus cervus ( Evans, Till, 1966; Fain, Meissen, 1997; this study); Oryctes nasicornis ( Evans, Till, 1966; Fain, Meissen, 1997; Salmane, Telnov, 2009; this study); Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783) ( Kofler, Schmölzer, 2000) .

Remarks. Bregetova (1977) noted that it is “widespread in the USSR ”, but without exact locations. We consider Oryctes nasicornis and Lucanus cervus (possibly and other large scarab and lucanid beetles) to be the main hosts of H. krameri . Other beetles are accidental hosts, which can permanently or temporarily inhabit the places where the larvae of the main hosts of the mites develop.