Balaustium Explained

Balaustium is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.

Species

Species include:

• Balaustium aonidophagus (Ebeling)
• Balaustium angustum
• Balaustium bipilum
• Balaustium cristatum
• Balaustium dowelli (Smiley)
• Balaustium graminum
• Balaustium insularum
• Balaustium kendalli (Welbourn)
• Balaustium lapidarium
• Balaustium madeirense
• Balaustium medicagoense
• Balaustium murorum (Hermann, 1804)^[1]
• Balaustium putmani (Smiley)
• Balaustium tardum
• Balaustium vignae

References

• Meyer . Magdalena K. P. . Ryke . P. A. J. . 1959 . Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa . Acarologia . 1 . 304–323.

Notes and References

1. Mąkol . Joanna . 2010 . A Redescription of Balaustium murorum (Hermann, 1804) (Acari: Prostigmata: Erythraeidae) with Notes on Related Taxa . Annales Zoologici . 10.3161/000345410X535424 . 60 . 3 . 439–454.