First record of Lasioerythraeus johnstoni Welbourn \& Young, 1987 (Acari: Erythraeidae) parasitizing an anthonomine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Mexico and supplementary morphological characteristics of the larva

Abstract

The mite Lasioerythraeus johnstoni Welbourn \& Young 1987 was first described from larvae ectoparasitic on first instar nymphs of Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Mississippi, United States of America. In the present work, specimens of L. johnstoni were collected on Anthonomus aeneolus Dietz, 1891 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from a Malaise trap in 2016, at the municipalities of Bustamante, Ocampo and Palmillas in Tamaulipas State in deciduous tropical forest, northeastern Mexico. On the A. aeneolus body, mite larvae prefer to feed on ventral side of abdomen and leg joints. This report represents a new host family for the genus and the first record of our country on the interaction of both species, meanwhile, this is important because the genus Anthonomus includes key pest species in some economic high-value crops.