Halotydeus destructor

Halotydeus destructor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Penthaleidae
Genus: Halotydeus
Species:
H. destructor
Binomial name
Halotydeus destructor
(Tucker, 1925)

Halotydeus destructor is a species of earth mites in the family of Penthaleidae, first described by Tucker in 1925 as Penthaleus destructor.[1][2]

Pest status

This species is a major winter pest of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.[3] As a major pest, it has been the subject of much study: some studies looking at its response to pesticides,[4][5] others at biological controls, some at both,[6] and others at its spread and potential spread.[7]


References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Halotydeus destructor". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ Tucker, R.W.E. 1925. The Black Sand Mite : Penthaleus destructor n. sp. Entomology Memoirs, Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa 3: 21-36.
  3. ^ H. Womersley (1941). "The red-legged earth-mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 65 (2): 292–294.
  4. ^ Paul A. Umina; Andrew R. Weeks; John Roberts; Sommer Jenkins; G Peter Mangano; Alan Lord; Svetlana Micic (20 January 2012). "The current status of pesticide resistance in Australian populations of the redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor)". Pest Management Science. 68 (6): 889–896. doi:10.1002/PS.3247. ISSN 1526-498X. PMID 22262520. Wikidata Q52733267.
  5. ^ Xuan Cheng; Paul A Umina; Siu Fai Lee; Ary Hoffmann (19 April 2019). "Pyrethroid resistance in the pest mite, Halotydeus destructor: Dominance patterns and a new method for resistance screening". Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 159: 9–16. doi:10.1016/J.PESTBP.2019.04.010. ISSN 0048-3575. PMID 31400789. Wikidata Q92542258.
  6. ^ T.J. Ridsdill-Smith (1997). "Biology and control of Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) (Acarina: Penthaleidae): a review". Experimental and Applied Acarology. 21 (4): 193–223. doi:10.1023/A:1018490703897. ISSN 0168-8162. Wikidata Q110693355.
  7. ^ Matthew P. Hill; Ary A. Hoffmann; Sarina Macfadyen; Paul A. Umina; Jane Elith (24 October 2011). "Understanding niche shifts: using current and historical data to model the invasive redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor". Diversity and Distributions. 18 (2): 191–203. doi:10.1111/J.1472-4642.2011.00844.X. ISSN 1366-9516. Wikidata Q56579223.
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