Halotydeus

Halotydeus
Halotydeus destructor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Superfamily:	Eupodoidea
Family:	Penthaleidae
Genus:	Halotydeus Berlese, 1891

Halotydeus is a genus of earth mites in the family of Penthaleidae, first described by Antonio Berlese in 1891. It is found on every continent except theAmericas. ^{[1] [2]}

Pest status

They are a major winter pest of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia. ^[3]

Species

Species listed as Halotydeus by CatalogueOfLife: ^[1]

• 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, China

• Halotydeus signiensis Strandtmann & Tilbrook, 1968 - South Orkney Islands

• Halotydeus spectatus Qin & Halliday, 1996 - New South Wales, Australia

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Halotydeus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
2. Berlese, A. (1891). "Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta". 60: 29. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.69269 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. H. Womersley (1941). "The red-legged earth-mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 65 (2): 292–294.