A new mite of the winterschmidtiid genus Ensliniella (Acari: Astigmata) associated with the vespid wasp Allodynerus mandschuricus (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Japan.
A new species of Ensliniella is described from deutonymphs from two localities in central Japan as the seventh species of the genus. Ensliniella asiatica sp. nov., found in the nests and acarinaria (mite chambers) of the vespid wasp Allodynerus mandschuricus, differs from the most similar species, E. kostylevi, in having a more reduced, shorter, subconical solenidion psi on tibia IV and ensiform setae e and r on tarsus III. It is readily distinguished from the remaining five known congeners in having a solenidion omega2 on tarsus I. This is the second species of Ensliniella known from Japan.
Abe
Wataru
W
Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan.
Okabe
Kimiko
K
D000818:Animals; D007564:Japan; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D014863:Wasps / Q000469:parasitology*