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Balaustium
Sign in to saveBalaustium 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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyErythraeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 528
- With media
- 45
- Family
- Erythraeidae
- Collections
- UQROO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UAM, CMN, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Erythraeidae
- Image
- CSIRO ScienceImage 18 The Balaustium mite Balaustium medicagoense.jpg
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- taxon name
- Balaustium
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Balaustium
- taxon common name
- Concrete Mites
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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) Balaustium putmani (Smiley) Balaustium tardum Balaustium vignae
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