''Sennertia'' is a genus of
mites
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
in the
Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are
parasite
Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...
s or
commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (
acarinarium
An acarinarium is a specialized anatomical structure which is evolved to facilitate the retention of mites on the body of an organism, typically a bee or a wasp. The term was introduced by Walter Karl Johann Roepke.
Evolution
The acarinarium has ...
) indicates the
mutualistic nature of the relationship of some species (''Sennertia sayutara'', ''Sennertia devincta'').
Most species of the genus ''Sennertia'' settle on adult bees as heteromorphic deutonymphs, but the species ''Sennertia vaga'' has no deutonymph and settle on adult bees in the eating adult stages. Reproduction and feeding occurs during resettlement. Most species occur on small carpenter bees (''
Ceratina'') and large carpenter bees (''
Xylocopa'') of the family
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for ...
. A few species (''Sennertia'' ''vaga''-group) are associated with ''
Centris
The genus ''Centris'' contains circa 250 species of large apid bees occurring in the Neotropical and Nearctic realms, from Kansas to Argentina. Most females of these bees possess adaptations for carrying floral oils rather than (or in additi ...
'' (''Paracentris'') in the Neotropics.
Distribution
''Sennertia'' are found worldwide, except for in the
Antarctic
The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.
The Antar ...
.
(The species'' Sennertia antarctica'' is likely erroneously named, as the species of bee it parasitizes is not found in the Antarctic
).
Species
There are 6 subgenera and more than 70 species. The genus was discovered by the Dutch zoologist A.K. Udemans (''Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans''; 1858—1943).
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Sennertia aldeodadi
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- Haitlinger, 2000
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Sennertia alfkeni - Oudemans, 1900 (=''Sennertia japonica''
(Oudemans, 1900))
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Sennertia americana - Delfinado and Baker, 1976
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Sennertia antarctica - Trägårdh, 1907
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Sennertia argentina - Vitzthum, 1941
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Sennertia augustii - Alzuet and Abrahamovich, 1990
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Sennertia basilewskyi
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- Fain, 1974
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Sennertia benoiti
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- Fain, 1974
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Sennertia bifida
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
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Kurosa, 2003
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Sennertia bifilis
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- (Canestrini, 1897)
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Sennertia caffra
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
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Vitzthum, 1919
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Sennertia cantabrica
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- Zachvatkin, 1941
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Sennertia capensis -
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia cerambycina -
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
( Scopoli, 1763)
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Sennertia ceratinarum - Fain, 1974
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Sennertia congoicola - Fain, 1971
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Sennertia dalyi - Fain, 1980
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Sennertia dalyi nilotica - Fain, 1980
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Sennertia delfinadoae - Fain, 1981 (=''Sennertia bakeri'' Ramaraju and Mohanasundaram, 2001)
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Sennertia devincta - Klimov and OConnor, 2007
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Sennertia dissimilis
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (acarinarium) ...
- Zachvatkin, 1941
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Sennertia donaldi - Turk, 1948
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Sennertia duweinii - Sherbef and Duweini, 1980
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Sennertia egyptiaca - Elbadry, 1971
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Sennertia elseni - Fain, 1971
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Sennertia faini - Baker and Delfinado-Baker, 1983
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Sennertia flabellifera - Oudemans, 1924
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Sennertia frontalis - Vitzthum, 1941
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Sennertia gargantua - Zachvatkin, 1941
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Sennertia greeni - Oudemans, 1917
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Sennertia haustrifera
''Sennertia'' is a genus of mites in the Chaetodactylidae family. There are more than 70 species. Some of these mites are parasites or Commensalism, commensals of bees, but the presence in some bees of specialized structures for carrying mites (a ...
- Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia herminae -
Haitlinger, 1999
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Sennertia hipposideros -
Oudemans, 1902
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Sennertia horrida -
Vitzthum, 1912 ( equivalent to Sennertia sumatrensis Oudemans, 1924; Sennertia leucothorae Ramaraju and Mohanasundaram, 2001)
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Sennertia hurdi -
Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia ignota -
Delfinado and Baker, 1976
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Sennertia indica -
Delfinado and Baker, 1976
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Sennertia jeanalexi -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia koptorthosomae -
Oudemans, 1901
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Sennertia latipilis -
Fain, 1974
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Sennertia lauta -
Klimov and OConnor, 2007
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Sennertia leclercqi -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia leei -
Fain, 1982
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Sennertia longipilis -
Alzuet and Abrahamovich, 1987
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Sennertia loricata -
Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia lucrosa -
Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia madagascarensis -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia mesotrichia -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia micheli -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia monicae -
Fain, 1971
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Sennertia morstatti - Vitzthum 1914 (=''Sennertia moandensis''
Fain, 1971)
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Sennertia oudemansi - Zachvatkin, 1941
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Sennertia perturbans - Vitzthum, 1919
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Sennertia pirata - Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia potanini - Zachvatkin, 1941
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Sennertia queenslandica Womersley, 1941
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Sennertia ratiocinator - Klimov and OConnor, 2007
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Sennertia recondita - Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia robusta - Delfinado and Baker, 1976 (=''Sennertia carpenteri''
Ramaraju and Mohanasundaram, 2001)
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Sennertia roepkei - Oudemans, 1924
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Sennertia sayutara - Klimov and OConnor, 2007
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Sennertia scutata - Fain, 1974
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Sennertia segnis - Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia shimanukii - Baker and Delfinado-Baker, 1983
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Sennertia simplex - Trägårdh, 1904
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Sennertia sodalis - Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia spinifera - Fain, 1974
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Sennertia splendidulae - Alzuet and Abrahamovich, 1989
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Sennertia surinamensis - Fain and Lukoschus, 1971
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Sennertia tanythrix - Fain, 1971
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Sennertia tunisiana - Fain, 1980
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Sennertia vaga - Klimov and OConnor, 2008
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Sennertia vanderhammeni brevipilis - Fain, 1974
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Sennertia vanderhammeni - Fain, 1974
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Sennertia varicosa - Fain, 1971
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Sennertia vitzthumi - Fain, 1981
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Sennertia zhelochovtsevi - Zachvatkin, 1941
References
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Acariformes