Species Pediculaster mesembrinae (R. Canestrini, 1881)
- Pygmephorus mesembrinae Canestrini, R. 1881. Contribuzione allo studio degli acari parassiti degli insetti. Atti della Società Veneto-Trentina di Scienze Naturali, Padova 7: 154-178.
- Pigmephorus americanus Banks, N. 1904. A treatise on the Acarina, or mites. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 1-114.
Introduction
Johnston & Bancroft (1920) recorded a minute whitish species of mite attached to flies in Queensland. Hirst (1921) considered that these mites were probably Pygmephorus americanus, apparently without seeing the specimens. This identification must be regarded as highly suspect. Pygmephorus americanus was also reported by Conroy et al. (1966) as a pest of mushroom cultures in Australia, and P. americanus was synonymised with Pediculaster mesembrinae by Krczal (1959).
General References
Camerik, A.M, de Lillo, E. & Lalkhan, C. 2006. The neotype of Pediculaster mesembrinae (Canestrini, 1881) (Acari: Siteroptidae) and the description of all life stages. International Journal of Acarology 32: 45–67 (as Pediculaster mesembrinae)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Clift, A.D. 1983. Insect and mite pests of mushrooms. Agfacts, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales H8.AE.3: 1-8 (as Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Clift, A.D. & Toffolon, R.B. 1981. Biology, fungal host preferences and economic significance of two pygmephorid mites (Acarina : Pygmephoridae) in cultivated mushrooms, N.S.W., Australia. Mushroom Science 11: 245-253 (as Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Clift, A.D. & Toffolon, R.B. 1981. Insects and mites associated with mushroom cultivation on three commercial farms near Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Mushroom Science 11: 537-549 (as Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Conroy, R.J., Darley, E.C. & Shanahan, G.J. 1966. Mushroom Culture. NSW Department of Agriculture Bulletin 17: 1-64
Cross, E.A. 1965. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina : Trombidiformes). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 45: 29-275 (as Pediculaster mesembrinae)
Gurney, B. & Hussey, N.W. 1967. Pygmephorus species (Acarina : Pyemotidae) associated with cultivated mushrooms. Acarologia 9: 353-358 (as Pygmephorus mesembrinae)
Hirst, S. 1921. On some new or little-known Acari, mostly parasitic in habit. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921: 357-378 (as Pygmephorus americanus)
Johnston, T.H. & Bancroft, M.J. 1920. The life histories of Musca australis Macq., and M. vetustissima Walker. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 31: 181-203 (as no genus sp.)
Kaliszewski, M., Athias-Binche, F. & Lindquist, E.E. 1995. Parasitism and parasitoidism in Tarsonemina (Acari: Heterostigmata) and evolutionary considerations. Advances in Parasitology 35: 335-367 (as Pediculaster mesembrinae)
Khaustov, A.A. 2011. Synonymy of the genera Siteropsis and Pediculaster (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae). Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology 19: 101 (as Pediculaster mesembrinae)
Košir, M. 1975. Ernährung und Entwicklung von Pygmephorus mesembrinae und P. quadratus (Pygemphoridae, Tarsonemini, Acari) und Bemerkungen über drei weitere Arten. Pedobiologia 15: 313-329 (as Pygmephorus mesembrinae)
Krczal, H. 1959. Systematik und Ökologie der Pyemotiden. pp. 385-625 in Stammer, H.J. (ed.). Beiträge zur Systematik und Ökologie Mitteleuropäischer Acarina. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesselschaft Vol. 1 pt 2. (as Pygmephorus mesembrinae)
Martin, N.A. 1978. Siteroptes (Siteroptoides) species with Pediculaster-like phoretomorphs (Acari : Tarsonemida : Pygemphoridae) from New Zealand and Polynesia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 121-155 (as Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Moser, J.C. & Cross, E.A. 1975. Phoretomorph: A new phoretic phase unique to the Pyemotidae (Acarina : Tarsonemoidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 68: 820-822 (as Pediculaster mesembrinae)
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 Siteroptes mesembrinae)
Smiley, R.L. 1978. Taxonomic studies of Pygmephorus species from the western hemisphere, with a key to females and an overview of the current problems for classification (Acari : Pyemotidae and Pygmephoridae). International Journal of Acarology 4: 125-160 (as Pygmephorus mesembrinae)
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