Biology:Penthaleus
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Penthaleus is a genus of earth mites in the family of Penthaleidae, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1835. Members of this genus are found on every continent except Antarctica.[1][2]
They are a major winter pest of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.[3]
Genera
Genus Penthaleus consists of 13 species:
- Penthaleus arcticus Trägårdh, 1901 - Norway
- Penthaleus bipustulatus (Hermann, 1804) - France and Germany
- Penthaleus crinitus Narayan, 1957 - Mexico
- Penthaleus dorsalis (Banks, 1902) - United States
- Penthaleus erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1838 - Germany and Spain
- Penthaleus falcatus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - New South Wales, Australia
- Penthaleus fallax (Dugès, 1834) - France
- Penthaleus guttatus C. L. Koch, 1838 - Germany
- Penthaleus longipilis (Canestrini, 1886) - England, Italy and Japan
- Penthaleus major (Dugès, 1834) - Cosmopolitan
- Penthaleus minor (Canestrini, 1886) - Australia, China, Great Britain, Germany, Iran, Italy and Switzerland
- Penthaleus saxatilis C. L. Koch, 1836 - Germany
- Penthaleus tectus Halloway, 2005 - East Australia
References
- ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory: Penthaleus" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f13e6d1d-efd4-4ad5-8332-2da57824025e.
- ↑ Koch, C.L. 1835. Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna. Regensberg : Herrich-Schäffer Vol. 1.
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q18093848 entry
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