Species Halotydeus destructor (Tucker, 1925)
Introduction
Early accounts of this species sometimes show the authorship of the name destructor as Jack, 1908 (for example, Tucker 1925; Newman 1925; Womersley 1933). However, Jack gave a description of the appearance and biology of this species, but referred to it only by the vernacular name Black Sand Mite. The name destructor dates from Tucker (1925) (see Halliday 1991). This species is a very important crop pest in Australia, and has been the subject of a very extensive literature. Only selected references are listed here.
General References
Baker, A.S. 1995. A redescription of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Prostigmata: Penthaleidae), with a survey of ontogenetic setal development in the superfamily Eupodoidea. International Journal of Acarology 21: 261-282 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Cullen, J.M. 1993. Biological control of weed, invertebrate and disease pests of Australian sheep pasture. pp. 293-312 in Del Fosse, E.S. (ed.). Pests of Pastures: Weed Invertebrate and Disease Pests of Australian Sheep Pastures. Melbourne : CSIRO. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Halliday, R.B. 1991. Taxonomic background of the redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acarina : Penthalaeidae). Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 162-165 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Hassan, E.A. 1977. Major Insect and Mite Pests of Australian Crops. Gatton, Queensland : Ento Press 238 pp. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Hill., M.P., Hoffmann, A.A., Macfadyen, S., Umina, P.A. & Elith, J. 2012. Understanding niche shifts: using current and historical data to model the invasive redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor. Diversity and Distributions 18: 191–203 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Hopkins, D.C. & Taverner, P.D. 1991. Damage caused by mites and fleas in pasture. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 166-167 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Jack, R.W. 1908. The earth flea. A common pest of winter vegetables. Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope 32: 615-620
James, D.G., O'Malley, K. & Rayner, M. 1995. Effect of alphacypermethrin and bifenthrin on the survival of five acarine predators of Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 19: 647-654 (as Halotydeus destructor)
James, D.G. & O'Malley, K.J. 1991. Effect of temperature on development and survival of eggs of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acari: Penthaleidae). International Journal of Acarology 17: 209-212 (as Halotydeus destructor)
James, D.G. & O'Malley, K.J. 1992. Phenology of egg production and diapause in Halotydeus destructor Tucker and Penthaleus major Duges (Acari: Penthaleidae) in southern New South Wales during 1988/89. General and Applied Entomology 24: 33-38 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. & Baker, E.W. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Berkeley : University of California Press 614 pp. 74 pls. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Johnson, W.C. 1930. The occurrence of the red legged earth mite (Penthaleus destructor, Jack) in South Australia. Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia 34: 283-285 (as Penthaleus destructor)
Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Meyer, M.K.P. (Smith) 1981. Mite pests of crops in southern Africa. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa, Science Bulletin 397: 1-92 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Meyer, M.K.P. & Ryke, P.A.J. 1960. Mites of the superfamily Eupodoidea (Acarina : Prostigmata) associated with South African plants. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 3: 481-496 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Michael, P.J., Dutch, M.E. & Pekin, C.J. 1991. A review of the predators of redlegged earth mite, blue oat mite and lucerne flea. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 178-180 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Michael, P.J., Dutch, M.E. & Pekin, C.J. 1993. Biological control of redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor, Blue Oat Mite, Penthaleus major, and Lucerne Flea, Sminthurus viridis. pp. 329-331 in Del Fosse, E.S. (ed.). Pests of Pastures: Weed Invertebrate and Disease Pests of Australian Sheep Pastures. Melbourne : CSIRO. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Halotydeus destructor)
Newman, L.J. 1925. The red legged earth mite. Journal of Department of Agriculture of Western Australia 2: 469-475 (as Penthaleus destructor)
Newman, L.J. 1936. Red-legged earth mite Halotydaeus destructor (Tucker). Journal of Department of Agriculture of Western Australia 13: 49-54 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Norris, K.R. 1938. A population study of the Red-Legged Earth Mite (Halotydeus destructor) in Western Australia, with notes on associated mites and Collembola. Pamphlet, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 84: 1-23 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Norris, K.R. 1943. Experiments with insecticides against the Red-Legged Earth Mite (Halotydeus destructor (Tucker)). Bulletin, Commonwealth of Australia, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 171: 1-28 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Norris, K.R. 1944. Experimental determination of the influence of the Red-Legged Earth Mite (Halotydeus destructor) on a Subterranean Clover pasture in Western Australia. Bulletin, Commonwealth of Australia, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research 183: 1-36 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Norris, K.R. 1948. Seasonal severity of the attack of the Red-Legged Earth Mite (Halotydeus destructor) on Subterranean Clover. Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Australia 21: 7-15 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Norris, K.R. 1950. The aestivating eggs of the Red-Legged Earth Mite, Halotydeus destructor (Tucker). Bulletin, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation 253: 1-26 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Qin, T.K. 1997. Population genetics of redlegged earth mites Halotydeus destructor and H. anthropus (Acarina: Penthaleidae) from Australia and/or South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 87: 289-298 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Qin, T.K. 1998. A checklist and key to species of Eupodoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Australia and New Zealand and their subantarctic islands. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 295-307 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1995. Systematic studies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) and related species (Acarina : Penthaleidae). Plant Protection Quarterly 10: 50-52 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1996. Revision of the Australian and South African species of Halotydeus (Acarina: Penthaleidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 86: 441-450 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1997. Eriorhynchidae, a new family of Prostigmata (Acarina), with a cladistic analysis of eupodoid species of Australia and New Zealand. Systematic Entomology 22: 151-171 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1991. A contribution to assessing the economic impact of redlegged earth mite on agricultural production in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 168-169 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1991. Biology and ecology of redlegged earth mite, blue oat mite and lucerne flea. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 159-161 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1991. Laboratory rearing of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acari : Penthaleidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 313 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1997. Biology and control of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acarina: Penthaleidae) a review. Experimental and Applied Acarology 21: 195-224 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J., Hoffmann, A.A., Mangano, G.P., Gower, J.M., Pavri, C.C. & Umina, P.A. 2008. Strategies for control of the redlegged earth mite in Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48: 1506–1513 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. (ed.) 1991. Proceedings of a National Workshop on Redlegged earth mite, Lucerne flea and Blue oat mite. Perth, Western Australia, September 9-11, 1991. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. 169 pp. (as Halotydeus destructor)
Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. & Gaull, K.R. 1995. An improved method for rearing Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae) in the laboratory. Experimental and Applied Acarology 19: 337-345 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Swan, D.C. 1934. The red-legged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) in South Australia : with remarks upon Penthaleus major (Dugès). Journal of Agriculture of South Australia 38: 353-367 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Thor, S. & Willmann, C. 1941. Eupodidae, Penthalodidae, Penthaleidae, Rhagidiidae, Pachygnathidae, Cunaxidae. Das Tierreich 71a: 1-186 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Tucker, R.W.E. 1925. The Black Sand Mite : Penthaleus destructor n. sp. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa 3: 21-36
Wallace, M.M.H. 1970. Diapause in the aestivating egg of Halotydeus destructor (Acari : Eupodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 295-313 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Wallace, M.M.H. 1970. The influence of temperature on post-diapause development and survival in the aestivating eggs of Halotydeus destructor (Acari : Eupodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 18: 315-329 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Wallace, M.M.H. 1981. Tackling the lucerne flea and the red-legged earth mite. Journal of Agriculture, Western Australia 22: 72-74 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Wallace, M.M.H. & Mahon, J.A. 1971. The distribution of Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major (Acari : Eupodidae) in Australia in relation to climate and land use. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 65-76 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Weeks, A.R., Fripp, Y.J. & Hoffmann, A.A. 1995. Genetic structure of Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major populations in Victoria (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 19: 633-646 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Womersley, H. 1933. On some Acarina from Australia and South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 108-112 (as Halotydeus destructor)
Womersley, H. 1941. The red-legged earth mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 292-294 (as Halotydeus destructor)
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