Penthaleus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Penthaleidae
- Genus
- Penthaleus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Penthaleus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Penthaleus
Penthaleus is a genus of earth mites in the family of Penthaleidae, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1835.
They are a major winter pest of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.
There are just four species which occur in Australia:
- Penthaleus falcatus Qin & Halliday, 1996
- Penthaleus major (Dugès, 1834)
- Penthaleus minor (Canestrini, 1886)
- Penthaleus tectus Halliday, 2005
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