Genus Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 1875

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• Brevipalpus Donnadieu, A.L. 1875. Recherches pour servir a l'histoire des Tétranyches. Lyon : Faculté des Sciences 134 pp.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Brevipalpus have been reported from Australia by Colloff et al. (1991), Grostal & O'Dowd (1994), James et al. (1995), Longstaff et al. (1999) and Beaulieu & Weeks (2007). Modern techniques of electron microscopy and molecular systematics are revealing a high level of complexity in the taxonomy of Brevipalpus, and casting doubt on the identification of the specimens reported in older studies (Navia et al., 2013; Hao et al., 2016).

General References

Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Welbourn, W.C., Pooley, C. & Dowling, A.P.G. 2012. External mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae (Tetranychoidea): Raoiella a case study. Experimental and Applied Acarology 57: 227–255

Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478

Colloff, M.J., Stewart, G.A. & Thompson, P.J. 1991. House dust acarofauna and Der p I equivalent in Australia : the relative importance of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Euroglyphus maynei. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 21: 225-230

Grostal, P. & O'Dowd, D.J. 1994. Plants, mites and mutualism: leaf domatia and the abundance and reproduction of mites on Viburnum tinus (Caprifoliaceae). Oecologia (Berlin) 97: 308-315

Hao, D.J, Su, P., Pfammater, J., Liu, Q., Fan, B.Q., Wang, Y. & Gu, T.Z. 2016. Morphological and genetic characteristics of Brevipalpus lewisi (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) and comparison with other three Brevipalpus species. International Journal of Acarology 42: 34-40.

James, D.G., Whitney, J. & Rayner, M. 1995. Phytoseiids (Acari: Phytoseiidae) dominate the mite fauna on grapevines in Canberra district vineyards. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 79-82

Longstaff, B.C., Greenslade, P.J.M., Colloff, M., Reid, I., Hart, P. & Packer, I. 1999. Managing Soils in Agriculture. The Impact of Soil Tillage Practices on Soil Fauna. Canberra, Australia : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Publication No 99/18. pp. 65.

Navia, D., Mendonça, R.S., Ferragut, F., Miranda, L.C., Trincado, R.C., Michaux, J. & Navajas, M. 2013. Cryptic diversity in Brevipalpus mites (Tenuipalpidae). Zoologica Scripta 42: 406-426.

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