Bryobia graminum explained

Bryobia graminum, also known as the clover mite, is a species of mite with a cosmopolitan distribution.^{[1] [2]}

It was first described in 1781 by Franz von Paula Schrank as Acarus graminum.^[3]

Its hosts are mainly herbaceous plants (grasses & daisies).^[2]

Synonymy

Further synonymy is given in the Australian government funded^[4] Lucid key to mites.

• Bryobia cristata (Duges) Oudemans, 1905, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1971^[5]
• Bryobia haustor (Hardy) Oudemans, 1937, synonymy Oudemans, 1937^[6]

External links

• Spider mites of Australia: Bryobia graminum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bryobia graminum (Schrank, 1781) Fauna Europaea. live. 2022-01-15. fauna-eu.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503014404/https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9c4a93b3-c84e-452d-9f2c-38a0b3adad45 . 3 May 2021 .
2. Web site: Spider mites of Australia (including key exotic southeast Asian pest species) Lucid key: Factsheet - Bryobia graminum (Schrank, 1781). live. 2022-01-15. keys.lucidcentral.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115004316/https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/spider_mites_australia/key/spider_mites_of_australia/Media/Html/entities/Bryobia_graminum_Schrank_1781.htm . 15 January 2022 .
3. Schrank, F.v.P.. Franz von Paula Schrank. 1781 . Enumeratio Insectorum Austriae Indiginorum. Beitr. Natur., Augsburg, Germany. 8 . 515.
4. Web site: Beard. J.J.. 2018. Spider mites of Australia (including key exotic southeast Asian pest species). live. 2022-01-15. keys.lucidcentral.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519025137/https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/spider_mites_australia/ . 19 May 2021 .
5. Livshits, I.Z. and Mitrofanov, V.I. (1971)  The mites of the genus Bryobia C.L. Koch, 1836 (Acariformes, Bryobiidae).  Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Nikitskogo Botanicheskogo Sada 51: 1-112
6. Oudemans, A.C. (1937) Kritisch Historisch Overzicht der Acarologie.  3(C): IX-XXIII + 799-1348