Hermannia (Acari)

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This article is about the mite genus Hermannia. For plant genus Hermannia, see Hermannia.
Hermannia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Family: Hermanniidae
Genus: Hermannia
Nicolet, 1855, (cf. Sellnick, 1928, Tierw. Mittel., 4(3) (IX):18; Woas, 1981, Andrias, 1: 7; Woas, 1992, Andrias, 9: 175.)[1]

Hermannia is a genus of mites that includes several dozen described species.[2] Typically they dwell in moss, feeding partly on fungi.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Colloff, MJ & Halliday, RB. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of Australian Genera and Species. Csiro Publishing, 1998. ASIN:B006WDL71A
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Sabelis, Maurice W. & Bruin, Jan. Nutritional biology of oribatid mites from different microhabitats in the forest. Trends in Acarology 2010, pp 213-216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5_34


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