Damaeidae

Damaeidae Berlese (1896) is a family of mites.[1] Alternative names for the family include Belbidae Willmann (1931), and Belbodamaeidae Bulanova-Zachvatkina (1967) or Hungarobelbidae (1996).[2] They had been previously considered to be distinct families.[1][3][4]

Damaeidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Belba corynopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Oribatida
Superfamily:
Damaeoidea
Family:
Damaeidae

Berlese (1896)

Species of the family are extant in Eurasia and Northern America.[5] Related species exist in New Zealand and South America.[4]

Behaviour

Most species of the family live in plant litter, mosses, decaying woods and organic soil layers. The family is composed of fungivores. They have an important role in regulation of the density of fungi that is harmful for plants.[5]

List of genera

The following genera are part of this family:[6][7][8][9]

  • Acanthobelba
  • Allobelba
  • Belba
  • Belbodamaeus
  • Damaeus
  • Dameobelba
  • Epidamaeus
  • Hungarobelba
  • Hypodamaeus
  • Kunstidamaeus
  • Metabelba
  • Metabelbella
  • Mirobelba
  • Neobelba
  • Nortonbelba
  • Parabelbella
  • Paradamaeus
  • Parametabelba
  • Porobelba
  • Subbelba
  • Spatiodamaeus
  • Tectodamaeus
  • Weigmannia

References
  1. J. G. Rodriguez (22 October 2013). Recent Advances in Acarology. Elsevier Science. p. 533. ISBN 978-1-4832-7554-3.
  2. Perez-Iñigo C. (1997). "Acari: Oribatei, Gymnonota. In: Ramos, M. A., (Ed.)". Fauna Iberica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. 9: 342.
  3. Jan Mourek (May 2010). "Systematics of oribatid mite families Damaeidae and Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatida), feeding ecology of selected oribatid species". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. Milan Daniel; B. Rosický (14 November 2014). Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Acarology. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 978-94-010-2709-0.
  5. Xie, Lixia; Yang, Maofa; Huang, Rong (15 July 2011). "A new species of the genus Epidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from China". ZooKeys (119): 29–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1629. PMC 3192423. PMID 21998515.
  6. "Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". www.catalogueoflife.org. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  7. "Belbidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. "Belbodamaeidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  9. "Damaeidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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