The first record of phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) in Serbia

Abstract

The phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Scopoli, 1763) (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) has been documented for the first time within the territory of Serbia. Deutonymphs of this species were identified on a heavily infested female violet carpenter bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). The infested bee was collected on November 11th, 2023, in Vrčin, near Belgrade.

Keywords

• Apidae
• Balkans
• deutonymp
• infestation
• Hymenopte