Biology:Hermannia (Acari)

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Short description: Genus of mites


Hermannia
Hermannia phyllophora.jpg
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Hermannia

Nicolet, 1855, (cf. Sellnick, 1928, Tierw. Mittel., 4(3) (IX):18; Woas, 1981, Andrias, 1: 7; Woas, 1992, Andrias, 9: 175.)[1]

Hermannia is a genus of mites that includes several dozen described species.[2] Typically they dwell in moss, feeding partly on fungi.[3]

References

  1. Colloff, MJ & Halliday, RB. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of Australian Genera and Species. Csiro Publishing, 1998. ASIN:B006WDL71A
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  3. Sabelis, Maurice W.; Bruin, Jan (2010). "Nutritional biology of oribatid mites from different microhabitats in the forest". Trends in Acarology: 213–216. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5_34. 

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