Penthaleidae
Family of mites
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Penthaleidae, also referred to as earth mites, are a family of mites found on every continent. They are major winter pests of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.[1]
| Penthaleidae | |
|---|---|
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| Penthaleus major | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Superfamily: | Eupodoidea |
| Family: | Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931 |
| Diversity | |
| 6 genera
~29 species | |
Genera
Penthaleidae genera according to the 2022 revision:[2][3]
- Chromotydaeus Berlese, 1903
- Chromotydaeus anauniensis (R. Canestrini, 1886) - Italy
- Chromotydaeus egregius (Berlese, 1891) - Italy
- Chromotydaeus illustris (Berlese, 1916) - Italy
- Chromotydaeus quartus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - Western Australia
- Chromotydaeus similis Mihelcic, 1958 - Spain
- Halotydeus Berlese, 1891
- 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
- Halotydeus signiensis Strandtmann & Tilbrook, 1968 - South Orkney Islands
- Halotydeus spectatus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - New South Wales, Australia
- Linopenthaleus Willmann, 1951
- Linopenthaleus irki Willmann, 1951 - Austria and Switzerland
- Linopenthaloides Strandtmann, 1981
- Linopenthaloides novazealandicus Strandtmann, 1981 - New Zealand
- Penthaleus C.L. Koch, 1836
- 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
- Turanopenthalodes Barilo, 1988
- Turanopenthalodes polytrichus Barilo, 1988 - Uzbekistan
