Species Siteroptes avenae (Müller, 1905)
- Pediculoides avenae Müller, J. 1905. Pediculoides avenae n. sp. noch eine Milbenkrankheit des Hafers. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten 15: 23-29.
Introduction
Siteroptes avenae is a member of a group of species that transmit the silver top disease of grasses. These species have complex life cycles and have often been misidentified (Rack 1972; Suski 1973, 1984). The only species in this group recorded from Australia is S. avenae.
General References
Cross, E.A. 1965. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina : Trombidiformes). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 45: 29-275 (as Siteroptes avenae)
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 Siteroptes graminum)
Rack, G. 1972. Pyemotiden an Gramineen in schwedischen landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung von Siteroptes graminum (Reuter, 1900) (Acarina, Pyemotidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 188: 157–174
Suski, Z.W. 1973. A revision of Siteroptes cerealium (Kirchner) complex (Acarina, Heterostigmata, Pyemotidae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 30: 509-535 (as Siteroptes avenae)
Suski, Z.W. 1984. On the identity of pyemotid mites associated with the silver-top disease of grasses. pp. 174-179 in Griffiths, D.A. & Bowman, C.E. (eds). Acarology VI. Chichester : Ellis Horwood Vol. 1. (as Siteroptes avenae)
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