Spinibdella thori Meyer & Ryke
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Spinibdella thori (Meyer & Ryke)
Bdella thori Meyer & Ryke, 1959a: 375.
Spinibdella lignicola: Womersley, 1933c: 101.
Spinibdella thori: Atyeo, 1963b: 174; Wallace & Mahon, 1973: 568; Swift & Goff, 1987: 47.
Specimens examined: Site 9427, 1 female; Site 9435, 1 N; Site FT20413, Swellendam, 28 July 1965, M. M. H. Wallace, pasture, 2 females.
Spinibdella thori was described from grass and soil in South Africa (Meyer & Ryke, 1959a), and subsequently identified from South Australia (Atyeo, 1963b) and Hawaii (Swift & Goff, 1987). There is also a possibility that this species is the same as S. ornata Atyeo from USA (Atyeo, 1963b). However, these are very poorly known species, and the available specimens are in poor condition, so the present identification must be regarded as unconfirmed. This species is very uncommon, and obviously of little consequence as a predator of H. destructor.
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Published as part of Halliday, R. B., 2005, Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), pp. 11-64 in Zootaxa 1079 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170355Files
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.170355 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Bdellidae
- Genus
- Spinibdella
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Prostigmata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Meyer & Ryke
- Species
- thori
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Meyer, M. K. P. & Ryke, P. A. J. (1959 a) Cunaxoidea (Acarina: Prostigmata) occurring on plants in South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (13 th series) 2, 369 - 384.
- Womersley, H. (1933 c) A preliminary account of the Bdellidae (snout mites) of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 57, 97 - 107.
- Atyeo, W. T. (1963 b) The Bdellidae (Acarina) of the Australian realm. Part II. Australia and Tasmania. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 4 (8), 167 - 210.
- Wallace, M. M. H. & Mahon, J. A. (1973) The taxonomy and biology of Australian Bdellidae (Acari). I. Subfamilies Bdellinae, Spinibdellinae and Cytinae. Acarologia, 14, 544 - 580.
- Swift, S. F. & Goff, M. L. (1987) The family Bdellidae (Acari: Prostigmata) in the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Acarology, 13, 29 - 49.