Trombidium
genus of arachnids
Trombidium is a genus of mite with about 30 described species.
Species
Trombidium auroraense Vercammen-Grandjean, Van Driesche & Gyrisco, 1977 – New York
Trombidium breei Southcott, 1986 – Europe (host: Agapetes galathea, Lepidoptera)
Trombidium brevimanum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe
Trombidium cancelai (Robaux, 1967) – Spain
Trombidium carpaticum (Feider, 1950) – France, Romania
† Trombidium clavipes Koch & Berendt, 1854 – Fossil: Oligocene
Trombidium dacicum (Feider, 1950) – Poland, Romania
Trombidium daunium (Paoli, 1937) – Italy
Trombidium fturum Schweizer, 1951 – Spain, Switzerland
Trombidium fuornum Schweizer, 1951 – Poland, Switzerland, France
Trombidium geniculatum (Feider, 1955) – Spain, Romania, Poland, Norway
Trombidium grandissimum (Koch, 1867) - India
Trombidium heterotrichum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe
Trombidium holosericeum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Palaearctic
Trombidium hungaricum Kobulej, 1957 – Hungary
Trombidium hyperi Vercammen-Grandjean, Van Driesche & Gyrisco, 1977 – New York
Trombidium kneissli (Krausse, 1915) – Europe
Trombidium latum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe
Trombidium mastigotarsum (Feider, 1956) – Romania
Trombidium mediterraneum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe, Algeria
Trombidium meyeri (Krausse, 1916) – Europe
Trombidium monoeciportuense (André, 1928) – Czech Republic, Monaco
Trombidium neumeyeri (Krausse, 1916) – Japan
Trombidium parasiticus (de Geer, 1778) – Sweden
Trombidium poriceps (Oudemans, 1904) – Europe
Trombidium pygiacum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Germany, Romania
Trombidium raeticum Schweizer & Bader, 1963 – Switzerland
Trombidium rhopalicus (Vercammen-Grandjean & Popp, 1967) – Germany
Trombidium rimosum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe
Trombidium rowmundi Haitlinger, 1996 – Poland (uses spiders as host)
Trombidium semilunare Feider, 1955 – Romania
Trombidium southcotti Zhang & Saboori, 1996 – Iran
Trombidium susteri (Feider, 1956) – Germany, Romania
Trombidium teres (André, 1928) – France
Trombidium toldti (Methlagl, 1928) – Austria
References
Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae
Further reading
Alireza Saboori & Karim Haddad Irani-Nejad (2007). "A new species of Trombidium (Acari: Trombidiidae) from East Azarbaijan province, Iran" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1531: 63–68.
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