Cohort Gamasina - Royal Alberta Museum

Almanac of Alberta Acari Part II Version 2.02 February 2012 draftSuperfamily Histiostomatoidea Berlese, 1897Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897Overview: Mostly filter-feeders in water and wet habitats including phytotelmata, rottingvegetation, bulbs, mushrooms, drosophila cultures, dung, and carrion. Two genera areknown from the ears of large mammals; one species, Histiostoma murchiei Hughes &Jackson, is a predator of earthworms; and species of Anoetus are mutualists of halictid beesthat reduce microbial loads in nests (deutonymphs are often found in specialized areas[acarinaria] on the adult bees. Some species of Histiostoma and Bonomoia are found underbark or in dead wood and are often found phoretic on bark beetles (Coleoptera:Curculionidae: Scolytinae) or other insects associated with these habitats.Anoetus Dujardin, 1942Type species: Hypopus alicola Dujardin, 1842Anoetus sp. 1 DEW – ex Halictus rubicundus, Thorhild Co., 3 July 2009, M. BuckBonomoia Oudemans, 1911Type species: Bonomoia primitiva Oudemans, 1911Bonomoia sp. 1 DEW – ex Chrysis coerulans, AB: Strathcona Co., NW of Bruderheim NA, WTract, 53°51’1”N, 113°1’41”W, 11 Jun 2010, sand, 1-yr. burn site, yellow pans, Buck& Widen, pmae00113168Histiostoma Kramer, 1876Type species: Hypopus julorum CL Koch, 1843Histiostoma sp. 1 DEW - Moose Pasture Research Site (DEW) 8 km W Chipman, ABHistiostoma sp. nr. gordius Vitzthum, 1923 – CNC recordHistiostoma piceae Scheucher, 1957 – CNC recordHistiostoma sapromyzarum Dufour, 1893 – CNC recordMyianoetus Oudemans, 1929Type species: Acarus muscarum Linnaeus, 1758Myianoetus sp. 1 DEW – EMEND (phoretic on Eutrichota sp. [Diptera, Anthomyiidae]) exMalaise trap, MS48