| Halotydeus | |
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| Halotydeus destructor | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| 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 the Americas.12
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
References
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Halotydeus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- 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) - H. Womersley (1941). "The red-legged earth-mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 65 (2): 292–294.