TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Larval Leptus (Acarina, Erythraeidae) ectoparasitic on a North-American ant VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 241 EP - 248 PY - 1989 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Southcott, R.V. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2512 DA - 1989-11-10 KW - Taxonomy: Host-parasite KW - Larva KW - Leptus KW - North American ant AB - Leptus clarki sp. nov. is described and separated from the two previously described North American larval Leptus (Acarina: Erythraeidae), and other American species. It is the second larval Leptus recorded as an ant ectoparasite. Larval Erythraeidae rarely parasitize Hymenoptera. Sites of attachment on the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen are the dorsal to dorsolateral surfaces of the head and thorax. Up to seven mites per ant are recorded ER -