Genus Antennoseius Berlese, 1916

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antennoseius Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria terza di Acari nuovi. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 12: 289-338.
• Vitzthumia Thor, S. 1930. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Invertebraten fauna von Svalbard. Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 27: 1-156 pls I-XXVI.

Introduction

Lindquist & Moraza (2009) provided a detailed analysis and diagnosis of the genus Antennoseius. They explained the reasons for its placement in the Family Ascidae, but foreshadowed that further research could result in its transfer to a separate family Antennoseiidae. They also described the existence of female dimorphism in this genus, which complicates the question of species recognition. Colloff et al. (2013), Manwaring et al. (2018) and Walter & Stirling (2018).recorded unidentified species from Australia.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

General References

Colloff, M.J., Lindsay, E.A. & Cook, D.C. 2013. Natural pest control in citrus as an ecosystem service: Integrating ecology, economics and management at the farm scale. Biological Control 67: 170-177 + supplementary data.

Lindquist, E.E. & Moraza, M.L. 2009. Anystipalpus, Antennoseius and Vitzthumia: a taxonomic and nomenclatural conundrum of genera (Acari: Mesostigmata: Dermanyssina), with description of four species of Anystipalpus. Zootaxa 2243: 1-39

Manwaring, M., Wallace, H.M. & Weaver, H.J. 2018. Effects of a mulch layer on the assemblage and abundance of mesostigmatan mites and other arthropods in the soil of a sugarcane agro‑ecosystem in Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 74: 291-300.

Walter, D.E. & Stirling, G.R. 2018. Microarthropods in Australian sugarcane soils: A survey with emphasis on the Mesostigmata as potential regulators of nematode populations. Acarologia 58: 673-682.

History of changes