Penthaleus

Penthaleus
Penthaleus major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Superfamily:	Eupodoidea
Family:	Penthaleidae
Genus:	Penthaleus Koch, 1835

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]}

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

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Penthaleus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
2. Koch, C.L. 1835. Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna. Regensberg : Herrich-Schäffer Vol. 1.
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.