Biology:Halotydeus
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Halotydeus is a genus of earth mites in the family of Penthaleidae, first described by Antonio Berlese in 1891. It is found on every continent except the Americas.[1][2]
Pest status
They are a major winter pest of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.[3]
Species
Species listed as Halotydeus by CatalogueOfLife:[1]
- Halotydeus anthropus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - South Africa
- Halotydeus bakerae Qin & Halliday, 1996 - South Australia
- Halotydeus castellus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - New South Wales, Australia
- Halotydeus destructor (R. W. Jack, 1908) - South Africa and Australia
- Halotydeus hydrodromus (Berlese & Trouessart, 1889) - England, France, Ireland and Italy
- Halotydeus mollis Luxton, 1990 Hong Kong, China
- Halotydeus signiensis Strandtmann & Tilbrook, 1968 - South Orkney Islands
- Halotydeus spectatus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - New South Wales, Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Australian Faunal Directory: Halotydeus" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Halotydeus.
- ↑ Berlese, A. (1891). Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. 60. pp. 29. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.69269. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11009129.
- ↑ H. Womersley (1941). "The red-legged earth-mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65 (2): 292–294. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41563924.
Wikidata ☰ Q18093268 entry
