Spinibdella thori (Meyer & Ryke)

Halliday, R. B., 2005, Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), Zootaxa 1079, pp. 11-64 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.170355

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6265917

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scientific name

Spinibdella thori (Meyer & Ryke)
status

 

Spinibdella thori (Meyer & Ryke)

Bdella thori Meyer & Ryke, 1959a: 375 .

Spinibdella lignicola: Womersley, 1933c: 101 .

Spinibdella thori: Atyeo, 1963b: 174 ; Wallace & Mahon, 1973: 568; Swift & Goff, 1987: 47.

Specimens examined: Site 94­27, 1 female; Site 94­35, 1 N; Site FT204­13, Swellendam, 28 July 1965, M. M. H. Wallace, pasture, 2 females.

Spinibdella thori was described from grass and soil in South Africa ( Meyer & Ryke, 1959a), and subsequently identified from South Australia ( Atyeo, 1963b) and Hawaii ( Swift & Goff, 1987). There is also a possibility that this species is the same as S. ornata Atyeo from USA ( Atyeo, 1963b). However, these are very poorly known species, and the available specimens are in poor condition, so the present identification must be regarded as unconfirmed. This species is very uncommon, and obviously of little consequence as a predator of H. destructor .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Prostigmata

Family

Bdellidae

Genus

Spinibdella

Loc

Spinibdella thori (Meyer & Ryke)

Halliday, R. B. 2005
2005
Loc

Spinibdella thori:

Swift 1987: 47
Wallace 1973: 568
Atyeo 1963: 174
1963
Loc

Bdella thori

Meyer 1959: 375
1959
Loc

Spinibdella lignicola:

Womersley 1933: 101
1933
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