Belba

Belba is a genus of mites belonging to family Damaeidae.[1] The genus was established by Carl von Heyden in 1826. Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804) was the type species.[2] Species that are part of the genus can be found in Eurasia and North America.[3]

Belba
Notaspis corynopus
Scientific classification
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Superfamily:
Damaeoidea
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Genus:
Belba

Type species
Notaspis corynopus
(Hermann, 1804)

Behaviour

Members of the genus Belba are fungivores.[4] Some species have been concluded to prefer a narrow temperature range of 11 °C – 15 °C.[5]

List of species

The following species are considered to be part of the genus:[1]

  • Belba aberrans
  • Belba aegrota
  • Belba alpina
  • Belba bartosi
  • Belba clavigera
  • Belba compta
  • Belba corynopus (Notaspis corynopus)
  • Belba diversipilis
  • Belba dubinini
  • Belba gibba
  • Belba globiceps
  • Belba globipes
  • Belba granulata
  • Belba gratiosa
  • Belba helvetica
  • Belba ignota
  • Belba lengensdorfi
  • Belba limasetosa
  • Belba longipes
  • Belba longisetosa
  • Belba minor
  • Belba minuta
  • Belba mirabilis
  • Belba moraviae
  • Belba obscura
  • Belba pachytrichosa
  • Belba paracorynopus
  • Belba parvula
  • Belba patelloides
  • Belba piriformis
  • Belba pseudocorynopus
  • Belba pulchra
  • Belba sculpta
  • Belba sellnicki
  • Belba serradeii
  • Belba ursina
  • Belba verrucosa

See also

References

  1. "Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj (December 2000). "New oribatid mites of the genus Belba (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Mongolia" (PDF). International Journal of Acarology. 26 (4): 297. doi:10.1080/01647950008684204. S2CID 85070964. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. Christopher Taylor (20 October 2015). "Belba (Belba)". taxondiversity.fieldofscience.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. Maurice W. Sabelis; Jan Bruin (16 November 2010). Trends in Acarology: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 218. ISBN 978-90-481-9837-5.
  5. David S. Madge (1965). "THE BEHAVIOUR OF BELBA GENICULOSA OUDMS. AND CERTAIN OTHER SPECIES OF ORIBATID MITES IN CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS" (PDF). Acarologia. 2 (VII): 404. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

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