Acarine Hypopi (Sarcoptiformes: Acaridae) on Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Central North America.
Phoretic deutonymphs (hypopi) of Schwiebea sp. mites were detected during examinations of questing adult and nymphal blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, from vegetation at two woodland sites in northeastern Wisconsin, USA, during May and June, 2014. Collection sites were in Marinette and Oconto Counties, respectively. These hypopi are evidently the first reported from ticks in the Western Hemisphere, and they seem to be most similar morphologically to the putatively Holarctic species Schwiebea nova (Oudemans).
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Science Technology and Analysis Services, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames 50010, Iowa. hjoel.hutcheson@aphis.usda.gov.
H Joel
HJ
Hutcheson
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Science Technology and Analysis Services, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames 50010, Iowa.
James W
JW
Mertins
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706.
Scott R
SR
Larson
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, 1630 Linden Dr., Madison, Wisconsin, 53706.
Susan
S
Paskewitz
D040041:Acaridae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014922:Wisconsin
Prostriata; Schwiebea nova; blacklegged tick; heteromorphic deutonymph; phoresy