Belba
Genus of mites
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Belba is a genus of mites belonging to family Damaeidae.[1] The genus was established by Carl von Heyden in 1826. Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804) was the type species.[2] Species that are part of the genus can be found in Eurasia and North America.[3]
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| Belba | |
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| Notaspis corynopus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Family: | Damaeidae |
| Genus: | Belba Heyden, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804) | |
Behaviour
Members of the genus Belba are fungivores.[4] Some species have been concluded to prefer a narrow temperature range of 11 °C – 15 °C.[5]
List of species
The following species are considered to be part of the genus:[1]
- Belba aberrans
- Belba aegrota
- Belba alpina
- Belba bartosi
- Belba crassisetosa[6]
- Belba clavigera
- Belba compta
- Belba corynopus (Notaspis corynopus)
- Belba diversipilis
- Belba dubinini
- Belba gibba
- Belba globiceps
- Belba globipes
- Belba granulata
- Belba gratiosa
- Belba heterosetosa [6]
- Belba helvetica
- Belba ignota
- Belba lengensdorfi
- Belba limasetosa
- Belba longipes
- Belba longisetosa
- Belba minor
- Belba minuta
- Belba mirabilis
- Belba mongolica[6]
- Belba moraviae
- Belba obscura
- Belba pachytrichosa
- Belba paracorynopus
- Belba parvula
- Belba patelloides
- Belba piriformis
- Belba pseudocorynopus
- Belba pulchra
- Belba sculpta
- Belba sellnicki
- Belba serradeii
- Belba ursina
- Belba verrucosa
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