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Species Penthaleus major (Dugès, 1834)

Introduction

Many records of Penthaleus major from Australia and elsewhere probably refer to other species (Qin & Halliday, 1996; Halliday, 2005).

 

General References

André, M. 1932. Note sur un acarien (Penthaleus major Dugès) nuisible aux plantes potagères. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4: 284-291 (as Penthaleus major)

André, M. 1953. Nouvelles observations sur Penthaleus major (Dugès) (Acarina). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 25: 279-282 (as Penthaleus major)

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Penthaleus major)

Halliday, R.B. 2005. Systematics and biology of Penthaleus tectus sp. n. (Acari: Penthaleidae), a recently discovered pest of grain crops in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 144–149 (as Penthaleus major)

Hassan, E.A. 1977. Major Insect and Mite Pests of Australian Crops. Gatton, Queensland : Ento Press 238 pp. (as Penthaleus major)

Hill, M.P., Hoffmann, A.A., McColl., S.A. & Umina, P.A. 2012. Distribution of cryptic blue oat mite species in Australia: current and future climate conditions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 14: 127–137 (as Penthaleus major)

Hopkins, D.C. & Taverner, P.D. 1991. Damage caused by mites and fleas in pasture. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 166-167 (as Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Notophalus dicolor)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

Narayan, D.S. 1962. Morphological, biological and ecological studies on the winter grain mite, Penthaleus major (Duges), Penthaleidae; Acarina Part 1. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 14: 45-63 (as Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

Newman, L.J. 1923. The red-legged velvet earth mite. Bulletin of the Western Australia Department of Agriculture 106: 1-4 (as Notophallus bicolor)

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 Penthaleus major)

Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1996. The Australian species of Chromotydaeus Berlese and Penthaleus C. L. Koch (Acarina: Penthaleidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 1833-1848 (as Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

Robinson, M.T. & Hoffmann, A.A. 2001. The pest status and distribution of three cryptic blue oat mite species (Penthaleus spp.) and redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) in southeastern Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 25: 699–716 (as Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

Thor, S. & Willmann, C. 1941. Eupodidae, Penthalodidae, Penthaleidae, Rhagidiidae, Pachygnathidae, Cunaxidae. Das Tierreich 71a: 1-186 (as Halotydeus! hydrodromus; as Penthaleus maior; as Penthaleus bicolor)

Umina, P.A., Hoffmann, A.A. & Weeks, A.R. 2004. Biology, ecology and control of the Penthaleus species complex (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 211–237 (as Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

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 Penthaleus major)

Womersley, H. 1933. On some Acarina from Australia and South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 108-112 (as Penthaleus bicolor)

Womersley, H. 1935. On the name of the 'Blue Oat Mite' of Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 26: 163 (as Penthaleus major)

Womersley, H. 1941. The red-legged earth mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 292-294 (as Penthaleus major)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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