Bdellodes lapidaria Kramer
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Bdellodes lapidaria (Kramer)
Bdella lapidaria Kramer, 1881: 444.
Biscirus lapidarius: Womersley, 1933b: 85; 1933c: 106.
Thoribdella lapidaria: Atyeo & Tuxen, 1962: 295.
Bdellodes lapidaria: Atyeo, 1963a: 133; 1963b: 188; Wallace & Mahon, 1976: 70; Gerson & Smiley, 1990: 54; Gerson et al., 2003: 94.
Specimens examined: Site 942, 1 female, 1 male, 2 N; Site 9414, 1 female; Site 9431, 1 female, 1 male; Site 9433, 1 female, 1 male; Site 9917, 1 female.
Bdellodes lapidaria is widespread in Europe, and was first observed in Western Australia in 1931, where it appears to have been accidentally introduced (Womersley, 1933a, b). It was quickly shown to be beneficial in helping to control the pest collembolan Sminthurus viridis L. (Womersley, 1933a; Gerson & Smiley, 1990; Gerson et al., 2003). It was deliberately redistributed (Currie, 1934), and was later found to be widespread in southern Australia and New Zealand (Atyeo, 1963a, b; Wallace & Mahon, 1971). It was subsequently introduced from Australia into South Africa in an attempt to control the same pest (Wallace & Walters, 1974). B. lapidaria was found only in low numbers during the recent surveys.
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Published as part of Halliday, R. B., 2005, Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae), pp. 11-64 in Zootaxa 1079 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170355Files
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Bdellidae
- Genus
- Bdellodes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Prostigmata
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Kramer
- Species
- lapidaria
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- species
References
- Kramer, P. (1881) Ueber Milben. Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Naturwissenschaften, 54, 417 - 452 + Plates III, IV.
- Womersley, H. (1933 b) A possible biological control of the clover springtail or lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis L.) in Western Australia. Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 6, 83 - 91.
- Atyeo, W. T. & Tuxen, S. L. (1962) The Icelandic Bdellidae (Acarina). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 35, 281 - 298.
- Atyeo, W. T. (1963 a) The Bdellidae (Acarina) of the Australian realm. Part I. New Zealand, Campbell Island, and the Aukland Islands. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 4 (8), 113 - 166.
- Wallace, M. M. H. & Mahon, J. A. (1976) The taxonomy and biology of Australian Bdellidae (Acari). II. Subfamily Odontoscrinae. Acarologia, 18, 65 - 123.
- Gerson, U. & Smiley, R. L. (1990) Acarine Biological Control Agents. An Illustrated Key and Manual. London: Chapman and Hall, 174 pp.
- Gerson, U., Smiley, R. L. & Ochoa, R. (2003) Mites (Acari) for Pest Control. Oxford: Blackwell, 539 pp.
- Womersley, H. (1933 a) On some Acarina from Australia and South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 57, 108 - 112.
- Currie, G. A. (1934) The bdellid mite Biscirus lapidarius Kramer, predatory on the lucerne flea Sminthurus viridis L. in Western Australia. A report on a visit to Western Australia in July and August, 1933. Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 7, 9 - 20.
- Atyeo, W. T. (1963 b) The Bdellidae (Acarina) of the Australian realm. Part II. Australia and Tasmania. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 4 (8), 167 - 210.
- Wallace, M. M. H. & Mahon, J. A. (1971) The ecology of Sminthurus viridis (Collembola). III. The influence of climate and land use on its distribution and that of an important predator, Bdellodes lapidaria (Acari: Bdellidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 19, 177 - 188.
- Wallace, M. M. H. & Walters, M. C. (1974) The introduction of Bdellodes lapidaria (Acari: Bdellidae) from Australia into South Africa for the biological control of Sminthurus viridis (Collembola). Australian Journal of Zoology, 22, 505 - 517.