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| Notaspis corynopus | |
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| Genus: | Belba Heyden, 1826
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| Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804)
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Belba is a genus of mites belonging to family Damaeidae. The genus was established by Carl von Heyden in 1826. Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804) was the type species. Species that are part of the genus can be found in Eurasia and North America.
Behaviour
Members of the genus Belba are fungivores. Some species have been concluded to prefer a narrow temperature range of 11 °C – 15 °C.
List of species
The following species are considered to be part of the genus:
- Belba aberrans
- Belba aegrota
- Belba alpina
- Belba bartosi
- Belba crassisetosa
- Belba clavigera
- Belba compta
- Belba corynopus (Notaspis corynopus)
- Belba diversipilis
- Belba dubinini
- Belba gibba
- Belba globiceps
- Belba globipes
- Belba granulata
- Belba gratiosa
- Belba heterosetosa
- Belba helvetica
- Belba ignota
- Belba lengensdorfi
- Belba limasetosa
- Belba longipes
- Belba longisetosa
- Belba minor
- Belba minuta
- Belba mirabilis
- Belba mongolica
- 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
- ^ a b "Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.[dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christopher Taylor (20 October 2015). "Belba (Belba)". taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
Wikispecies has information related to Belba.
- 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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