Species Pyemotes ventricosus (Newport, 1850)
Introduction
Pyemotes ventricosus is the subject of a very large amount of literature, mainly through its suspected ability to bite humans. However Moser (1975) showed that the species of Pyemotes that occurs in straw and attacks humans is P. tritici and not P. ventricosus. It is therefore possible that the Australian records of P. ventricosus attacking humans actually refer to P. tritici. They have been listed here under P. ventricosus until further research can accurately identify the Australian species. The same strategy was adopted by Southcott (1976).
General References
Brimblecombe, A.R. & Roff, C. 1960. Mites associated with honeybees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 17: 447-448 (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
Champ, B.R. 1965. An investigation of peanut storage pests in Queensland. 1. Introduction, species and pest status. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 22: 227-240 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Champ, B.R. 1966. Insects and mites associated with stored products in Queensland. 4. Acarina and Pseudoscorpiones. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 23: 197-210 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Cross, E.A. 1965. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina : Trombidiformes). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 45: 29-275 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Cross, E.A., Moser, J.C. & Rack, G. 1981. Some new forms of Pyemotes (Acarina : Pyemotidae) from forest insects, with remarks on polymorphism. International Journal of Acarology 7: 179-196 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Emery, R.N. & Nayak, M.K. 2007. Pests of stored grains. pp. 40–62 in Bailey, P.T. (ed.). Pests of Field Crops and Pastures. Identification and Control. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp. 520. (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
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 Pyemotes ventricosus)
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 Pyemotes ventricosus)
Manning, R. 2006. An unusual occurrence of Pyemotes mites in an apiary in Western Australia. Australasian Beekeeper 108(5): 197–199 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Moser, J.C. 1975. Biosystematics of the straw itch mite with special reference to nomenclature and dermatology. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 127: 185-191 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
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 Pyemotes ventricosus)
Newport, G. 1850. Further observations on the habits of Monodontomerus, with some account of a new Acarus, Heteropus ventricosus, a parasite in the nests of Anthophora retusa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 6: 395-396 (as Heteropus ventricosus)
Rathus, E.M. & Brimblecombe, A.R. 1958. An unusual dermatitis. Medical Journal of Australia 1958(2): 31 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp. (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp. (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186 (as Pyemotes ventricosus)
Swan, D.C. 1934. Dermatitis caused by a mite (Pediculoides ventricosus) and its occurrence in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 1934(2): 573-578 (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
Swan, D.C. 1934. The hay itch mite, Pediculoides ventricosus (Newport) (Acarina, Pediculoididae) in South Australia. Journal of Agriculture of South Australia 37: 1289-1299 (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as Pediculoides ventricosus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 06-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |