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Hermannia (arachnid)

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Genus of mites 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.)

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

References

  1. Colloff, MJ & Halliday, RB. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of Australian Genera and Species. Csiro Publishing, 1998. ASIN:B006WDL71A
  2. "ADW: Hermannia: CLASSIFICATION". Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  3. Sabelis, Maurice W.; Bruin, Jan (2010). "Nutritional biology of oribatid mites from different microhabitats in the forest". Trends in Acarology: 213–216. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5_34. ISBN 978-90-481-9836-8.
Taxon identifiers
Hermannia


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