Mites of the family Histiostomatidae associated with the Australian giant earwig,Titanolabis colossea(Dohrn) (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae)

Abstract

This study reports on four species of mites in the family Histiostomatidae phoretic on the Australian giant earwig, Titanolabis colossea (Dohrn) (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae). The species included are Histiostoma australiense Mahunka 1975, H. feroniarum (Dufour 1839), H. humiditatis (Vitzthum 1927) and H. titanolabi sp. nov. The previously unknown adults of H. australiense are described from specimens reared in laboratory culture.

A Histiostomatid Associated with a Common Earwig, <i>Gonolabis marginalis</i> (Dohrn) (Dermaptera: Anisolabididae) in Japan

“…For 100 years after Oudemans' studies on histiostomatids phoretic on earwig, only two species, i.e., H. polypori and H. feroniarum, have been recorded from Forficulidae only in Europe. However, recent record of common histiostomatids (H. feroniarum) on Australian earwigs (Tagami and Halliday, 2013) and new record of H. mahunkai from Japan in the present study indicate that some species of phoretic histiostomatids on earwigs may have worldwide distribution. In addition to H. feroniarum, in Australia, 3 other species have been recorded from Australian giant earwigs (Tagami and Halliday, 2013).…”

“…Earwigs (Dermaptera) are common in both natural and semi-natural habitats world-wide (Popham, 2000), and are phoretic carriers of several groups of mites including Histiostomatidae (Tagami and Halliday, 2013). Previous records of Histiostomatidae phoretic on an European earwig, Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 (Forficulidae), include Histiostoma polypori (Oudemans), 1914 from The Netherlands (Oudemans, 1914), Scotland (Behura, 1957), Poland (Chmielewski, 2009(Chmielewski, , 2010, and Italy (Wirth, 2009), and H. feroniarum (Dufour), 1839 from Poland (Chmielewski, 2009(Chmielewski, , 2010.…”

“…Previous records of Histiostomatidae phoretic on an European earwig, Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758 (Forficulidae), include Histiostoma polypori (Oudemans), 1914 from The Netherlands (Oudemans, 1914), Scotland (Behura, 1957), Poland (Chmielewski, 2009(Chmielewski, , 2010, and Italy (Wirth, 2009), and H. feroniarum (Dufour), 1839 from Poland (Chmielewski, 2009(Chmielewski, , 2010. Recently several species of Histiostomatidae were found phoretic on the Australian giant earwig Titanolabis colossea Dohrn, 1864 (Dermaptera, Anisolabididae) -H. feroniarum, H. australiense Mahunka, 1975, H. humiditatis (Vitzthum), 1927, and H. tetanolabi Tagami and Halliday, 2013, all from New South Wales, Australia (Tagami and Halliday, 2013).…”

Acarorum Catalogus Ix

“…(Mahunka, 1978;Samšinák, 1989) -Anoetus helena, Conglanoetus ornatofoveolatus, Histiostoma capillatum, H. continuatum, H. diadematum, H. elzingai, H. rettenmeyerorum, H. rimosa, H. scinditum, Pteranoetus latus, P. rettenmayeri, Richardanoetus demel Guadeloupe (Fain, Athias-Binche & Carton, 1993) -Hormosianoetus laboratorium Guatemala (Woodring & Moser, 1975) -Histiostoma conjunctum Honduras (Woodring & Moser, 1970 -Histiostoma conjunctum, H. varium Panama (Mahunka, 1978a) -Histiostoma incurvatum Peru (Caceres & Fain, 1975) -Histiostoma ferroniarum Puerto Rico (Fain & Santiago-Blay, 1993) -Ancyranoetus virkkii St. Vincent Republic, Grenadines Isl., Bequia Id. (Windward Group) (Fain & Van Goethem, 1985) -Ovanoetus wautersi Windward Islands (St. Lucia) (Mahunka, 1981) -Histiostoma antillense, H. mirabile OCEANIA Australia (continent) (Womersley, , 1942Mahunka, 1975;Fain & Domrow, 1980;Halliday, 1998;Halliday & Collins, 2002;Tagami & Halliday, 2013) (Fain & Galloway, 1993;Qin & Rohitha, 1996;Clark, 2009Clark, , 2010aClark, , 2010b -Histiostoma feroniarum, H. mantelli, Myianoetus antipodus Papua New Guinea (Fain, 1968;Mahunka, 1975Mahunka, , 1976Mahunka, , 1978 (Mahunka, 1992) -Histiostoma berndhauseri French Polynesia (Hivaoa) (Vitzthum, 1935) -Histiostoma granulatum Fiji (Mahunka, 1995(Mahunka, ,1992 -Anoetus peloponesiacus, Histiostoma genavensium, H. pseudolongipes Marquesan Islands (Vitzthum, 1935) -Histiostoma granulatum Salomon Islands (Mahunka, 1972c)…”

Histiostomatids on common Dermaptera in Japan

“…(Strandberg and Tucker, 1974); L. riparia and H. camphori Eraky, 1999 (Negm andAlatawi, 2011); Titanolabis colossea (Anisolabididae) and H. humiditatis (Vitzthum, 1927), H. australiense Mahunka, 1975, H. feroniarum (Dufour, 1839, and H. titanolabi Halliday, 2013 (Tagami andHalliday, 2013); and Anisolabella (Gonolabis) marginalis (Dohrn, 1864) (Anisolabididae, Anisolabididae) and H. mahunkai Fain, 1974(Tagami, 2013.…”