Bibliography for Penthaleus major (Dugès, 1834)

• André, M. 1932. Note sur un acarien (Penthaleus major Dugès) nuisible aux plantes potagères. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4: 284-291
• André, M. 1953. Nouvelles observations sur Penthaleus major (Dugès) (Acarina). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 25: 279-282
• Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp.
• Dugès, A.L. 1834. Recherches sur l'ordre des Acariens. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 2 2: 18-63 pls 7, 8
• Froggatt, W.W. 1921. The blue oat mite (Notophallus bicolor, n. sp.). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 32: 33-34 1 pl.
• Halliday, R.B. 2005. Systematics and biology of Penthaleus tectus sp. n. (Acari: Penthaleidae), a recently discovered pest of grain crops in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 144–149
• Hassan, E.A. 1977. Major Insect and Mite Pests of Australian Crops. Gatton, Queensland : Ento Press 238 pp.
• Hill, M.P., Hoffmann, A.A., McColl., S.A. & Umina, P.A. 2012. Distribution of cryptic blue oat mite species in Australia: current and future climate conditions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 14: 127–137
• Hopkins, D.C. & Taverner, P.D. 1991. Damage caused by mites and fleas in pasture. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 166-167
• James, D.G. & O'Malley, K.J. 1992. Phenology of egg production and diapause in Halotydeus destructor Tucker and Penthaleus major Duges (Acari: Penthaleidae) in southern New South Wales during 1988/89. General and Applied Entomology 24: 33-38
• Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. & Baker, E.W. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. Berkeley : University of California Press 614 pp. 74 pls.
• Johnson, W.C. 1930. The occurrence of the red legged earth mite (Penthaleus destructor, Jack) in South Australia. Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia 34: 283-285
• Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp.
• Meyer, M.K.P. & Ryke, P.A.J. 1960. Mites of the superfamily Eupodoidea (Acarina : Prostigmata) associated with South African plants. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 3: 481-496
• Michael, P.J., Dutch, M.E. & Pekin, C.J. 1991. A review of the predators of redlegged earth mite, blue oat mite and lucerne flea. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 178-180
• Michael, P.J., Dutch, M.E. & Pekin, C.J. 1993. Biological control of redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor, Blue Oat Mite, Penthaleus major, and Lucerne Flea, Sminthurus viridis. pp. 329-331 in Del Fosse, E.S. (ed.). Pests of Pastures: Weed Invertebrate and Disease Pests of Australian Sheep Pastures. Melbourne : CSIRO.
• Narayan, D.S. 1962. Morphological, biological and ecological studies on the winter grain mite, Penthaleus major (Duges), Penthaleidae; Acarina Part 1. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 14: 45-63
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• Newman, L.J. 1923. The red-legged velvet earth mite. Bulletin of the Western Australia Department of Agriculture 106: 1-4
• Qin, T.K. 1998. A checklist and key to species of Eupodoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Australia and New Zealand and their subantarctic islands. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 295-307
• Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1996. The Australian species of Chromotydaeus Berlese and Penthaleus C. L. Koch (Acarina: Penthaleidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 1833-1848
• Qin, T.K. & Halliday, R.B. 1997. Eriorhynchidae, a new family of Prostigmata (Acarina), with a cladistic analysis of eupodoid species of Australia and New Zealand. Systematic Entomology 22: 151-171
• Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. 1991. Biology and ecology of redlegged earth mite, blue oat mite and lucerne flea. Plant Protection Quarterly 6: 159-161
• Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. (ed.) 1991. Proceedings of a National Workshop on Redlegged earth mite, Lucerne flea and Blue oat mite. Perth, Western Australia, September 9-11, 1991. Department of Agriculture, Western Australia. 169 pp.
• Robinson, M.T. & Hoffmann, A.A. 2001. The pest status and distribution of three cryptic blue oat mite species (Penthaleus spp.) and redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) in southeastern Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 25: 699–716
• Swan, D.C. 1934. The red-legged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Tucker) in South Australia : with remarks upon Penthaleus major (Dugès). Journal of Agriculture of South Australia 38: 353-367
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• Wallace, M.M.H. & Mahon, J.A. 1971. The distribution of Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major (Acari : Eupodidae) in Australia in relation to climate and land use. Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 65-76
• Weeks, A.R., Fripp, Y.J. & Hoffmann, A.A. 1995. Genetic structure of Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major populations in Victoria (Acari: Penthaleidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 19: 633-646
• Womersley, H. 1933. On some Acarina from Australia and South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 108-112
• Womersley, H. 1935. On the name of the 'Blue Oat Mite' of Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 26: 163
• Womersley, H. 1941. The red-legged earth mite (Acarina, Penthaleidae) of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 65: 292-294

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