Balaustium

Balaustium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Balaustium
Heyden, 1826
Species

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Balaustium is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.

Species

Species include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Welbourn, W. C. (January–February 1995), "Balaustium spp. In Florida (Acari: Erythraeidae)", Entomology Circular, Fla. Dept. Agric. & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (368), Four species are currently recognized in North America: B. aonidophagus (Ebeling), B. dowelli Smiley, B. kendalli Welbourn and B. putmani Smiley, but additional spacies remain undescribed.
  2. Mąkol, Joanna (2010). "A Redescription of Balaustium murorum (Hermann, 1804) (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) with Notes on Related Taxa". Annales Zoologici. 60 (3): 439–454. doi:10.3161/000345410X535424.
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