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Gamasiphis Berlese 1904
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Gamasiphis Berlese, 1904
Gamasiphis is a genus of about 40 species that occur in mainly tropical climates in New Caledonia, St. Lucia, Polynesia, Australia, Saint Helena, India, North and South America, and southeast Asia (Lee, 1970; Karg, 1993c, 1996). Several species have been found in glasshouses in Europe (Karg, 1990, 1993c). Loots (1979) recorded two undescribed species from southern Africa and Loots (1980) described two species from the Seychelles. Nothing is known of their biology except that they occur in moss, plant litter, and the upper layers of soil (Lee, 1970). They are presumed to be predatory by analogy with other Ologamasidae.
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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 41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170355
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Berlese
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Mesostigmata
- Family
- Ologamasidae
- Genus
- Gamasiphis
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Gamasiphis Berlese, 1904 sec. Halliday, 2005
References
- Berlese, A. (1904) Acari nuovi. Manipulus II. us. Redia, 1, 258 - 280.
- Lee, D. C. (1970) The Rhodacaridae (Acari: Mesostigmata); classification, external morphology and distribution of genera. Records of the South Australian Museum, 16 (3), 1 - 219.
- Karg, W. (1993 c) Zur Kenntnis der Raubmilbengattung Gamasiphis Berlese, 1904 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Zoologische Jahrbucher Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 120, 169 - 188.
- Karg, W. (1996) Neue Arten aus Raubmilbengattungen der Gamasina Leach (Acarina, Parasitiformes) mit Indikationen zum Entwicklungsalter. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 72, 149 - 195.
- Karg, W. (1990) Neue Raubmilbenarten der Gattung Gamasiphis Berlese, 1904 (Acarina, Parasitiformes). Acarologia, 31, 321 - 335.
- Loots, G. C. (1979) The distribution of the family Rhodacaridae (Mesostigmata) in the Afrotropical Region. Wetenskaplike Bydraes van die PU vir CHO. Reeks B: Natuurwetenskappe, nr. 102. (Potchefstroom University vir CHO), 1 - 6.
- Loots, G. C. (1980) Contributions a l'etude de la faune terrestre des iles granitiques de l'archipel des Sechelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Freeliving Gamasina (Mesostigmata - Acarina). Revue Zoologique Africaine, 94, 745 - 772.