Belba

Belba
Notaspis corynopus
Scientific classification
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Damaeoidea
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Genus:
Belba

Heyden, 1826
Type species
Notaspis corynopus
(Hermann, 1804)

Belba is a genus of mites belonging to family Damaeidae.[1] The genus was established by Carl von Heyden in 1826. Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804) was the type species.[2] Species that are part of the genus can be found in Eurasia and North America.[3]

Behaviour

Members of the genus Belba are fungivores.[4] Some species have been concluded to prefer a narrow temperature range of 11 °C – 15 °C.[5]

List of species

The following species are considered to be part of the genus:[1]

  • Belba aberrans
  • Belba aegrota
  • Belba alpina
  • Belba bartosi
  • Belba crassisetosa[6]
  • Belba clavigera
  • Belba compta
  • Belba corynopus (Notaspis corynopus)
  • Belba diversipilis
  • Belba dubinini
  • Belba gibba
  • Belba globiceps
  • Belba globipes
  • Belba granulata
  • Belba gratiosa
  • Belba heterosetosa [6]
  • Belba helvetica
  • Belba ignota
  • Belba lengensdorfi
  • Belba limasetosa
  • Belba longipes
  • Belba longisetosa
  • Belba minor
  • Belba minuta
  • Belba mirabilis
  • Belba mongolica[6]
  • Belba moraviae
  • Belba obscura
  • Belba pachytrichosa
  • Belba paracorynopus
  • Belba parvula
  • Belba patelloides
  • Belba piriformis
  • Belba pseudocorynopus
  • Belba pulchra
  • Belba sculpta
  • Belba sellnicki
  • Belba serradeii
  • Belba ursina
  • Belba verrucosa

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.[dead link]
  2. ^ Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (December 2000). "New oribatid mites of the genus Belba (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Mongolia" (PDF). International Journal of Acarology. 26 (4): 297. doi:10.1080/01647950008684204. S2CID 85070964. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ Christopher Taylor (20 October 2015). "Belba (Belba)". taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ^ Maurice W. Sabelis; Jan Bruin (16 November 2010). Trends in Acarology: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 218. ISBN 978-90-481-9837-5.
  5. ^ David S. Madge (1965). "THE BEHAVIOUR OF BELBA GENICULOSA OUDMS. AND CERTAIN OTHER SPECIES OF ORIBATID MITES IN CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS" (PDF). Acarologia. 2 (VII): 404. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Badamdorj Bayartogtokh (March 2004). "Oribatid mites of the genera Belba and Belbodamaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Eastern Mongolia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 476: 1–11. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.476.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

Further reading

  • David S. Madge (1964). "The water relations of Belba geniculosa Oudms. and other species of oribatid mites". Acarologia. 6: 199–223.
  • David S. Madge (1965). "Further studies on the behaviour of Belba geniculosa Oudms. in relation to various envinronmental stimuli". Acarologia. 7: 744–757.
  • Andrey S. Zaitsev; Natalia B. Pystina (April 2014). "Remarks on fauna and population of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Priazovsky National Wildlife Sanctuary (Southern Russia)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 86 (1): 59–66. ISSN 1864-6417 – via Naturmuseum Senckenberg.

External links

  • Belbidae at Fauna Europaea – Family of the genus Belba
  • Damaeidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog by Dr. Heinrich Schatz
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