Penthaleidae

Penthaleidae
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

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]

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

References

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.
2. "Penthaleidae". CatalogueOfLife. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
3. Beron, Petar (2022). "Superfamilia Labidostommatoidea. Superfamilia Eupodoidea. Superfamilia Tydeoidea. Superfamily Paratydeoidea. Superfamilia Anystoidea. Superfamilia Caeculoidea. Superfamilia Adamystoidea. Superfamilia Pomerantzioidea". Acarorum Catalogus X. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft.