ACARORUM CATALOGUS VII
Subtitle: Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Raphignathoidea (Fam. Barbutiidae, Caligonellidae, Camerobiidae, Cryptognathidae, Dasythyreidae, Dytiscacaridae, Eupalopsellidae, Homocaligidae, Mecognathidae, Raphignathidae, Stigmaeidae, Xenocaligonellididae)
Series: ACARORUM CATALOGUS, Volume VII
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Sofia, Bulgaria
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9786192480073
Copyright date: This is an open access book distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
First sentence: The superfamily Raphignathoidea contains many predators of small invertebrates. Some are herbivores and others parasites. Some of the predatory Raphignathoidea are suitable for biological pest control. They are bred and released to control such plant pests as gall mites (Eriophyidae), spider mites (Tetranychidae) or scale insects (Coccoidea) in agriculture and forestry.
Description: The 7th volume of the series “Acarorum Catalogus” concerns the mite superfamily Raphignathoidea. The 12 families of this superfamily consist of 69 genera and some 1087 species and are being studied intensely, particularly by acarologists from China, South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Crimea and other countries or areas. Some members of the Raphignathoidea are suitable for biological pest control (Gerson & Smiley 1990, Gerson, Smiley & Ochoa, 2003).
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