Penthaleus
Genus of mites
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Penthaleus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Penthaleus major | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Penthaleidae |
| Genus: | Penthaleus Koch, 1835 |
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