Belba

Belba
Notaspis corynopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Superfamily:	Damaeoidea
Family:	Damaeidae
Genus:	Belba Heyden, 1826
Type species
Notaspis corynopus (Hermann, 1804)

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]

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 crassisetosa[6]
• Belba clavigera
• Belba compta
• Belba corynopus (Notaspis corynopus)
• Belba diversipilis
• Belba dubinini
• Belba gibba
• Belba globiceps
• Belba globipes
• Belba granulata
• Belba gratiosa
• Belba heterosetosa [6]
• Belba helvetica
• Belba ignota
• Belba lengensdorfi
• Belba limasetosa
• Belba longipes
• Belba longisetosa
• Belba minor
• Belba minuta
• Belba mirabilis
• Belba mongolica[6]
• 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

• Jordbrugrotta
• List of fauna of Batu Caves
• Oribatida

References

1. "Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.^[dead link‍]
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.
6. Badamdorj Bayartogtokh (March 2004). "Oribatid mites of the genera Belba and Belbodamaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Eastern Mongolia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 476: 1–11. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.476.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.

Further reading

• David S. Madge (1964). "The water relations of Belba geniculosa Oudms. and other species of oribatid mites". Acarologia. 6: 199–223.
• David S. Madge (1965). "Further studies on the behaviour of Belba geniculosa Oudms. in relation to various envinronmental stimuli". Acarologia. 7: 744–757.
• Andrey S. Zaitsev; Natalia B. Pystina (April 2014). "Remarks on fauna and population of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Priazovsky National Wildlife Sanctuary (Southern Russia)" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 86 (1): 59–66. ISSN 1864-6417 – via Naturmuseum Senckenberg.

External links

• Belbidae at Fauna Europaea – Family of the genus Belba
• Damaeidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog by Dr. Heinrich Schatz