Gamasine Mites Associated With Australian Scarabaeid Beetles Ii. The Genus Cosmetolaelaps Womersley, Symbionts of Onthophagus Latreille.

Abstract

The following species of Cosmetolaelaps Womersley associated with Australian Onthophagus Latreille (Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae) are described and figured: microsetus, sp, nov., reticulatus, sp. nov., oligosetus, sp. nov., desecti, sp, nov., wallacei, sp, nov. and dolicacanthus (Canestrini). Species of Cosmetolaelaps show a degree of host-specificity at the species-group level: microsetus with the atrox group and O. consentaneus Harold; reticulatus with the atrox and declivis groups; oligosetus with the atrox group; desecti with the declivis group; wallacei with the auritus group; and dolicacanthus with the atrox and conspicuus groups and O. consentaneus.