Full name: |
Mites GSDs: RhodacaridBase |
Short name: |
RhodacaridBase |
Version: |
Oct 2009 |
Release date: |
2009-10-15 |
Authors/editors: |
Castilho R.C. & Moraes G.J. de |
Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Arachnida - Mesostigmata - Rhodacaroidea - Rhodacaridae |
English name of the group: |
Rhodacarid mites |
Number of species: |
145 |
Number of infraspecific taxa: |
1 |
Number of synonyms: |
4 |
Number of common names: |
0 |
Total number of names: |
150 |
Abstract: |
Rhodacaridae mites are cosmopolitan, edaphic and free-living. This data base evolved as part of the MS thesis work conducted in collaboration with the Brazilian “Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP)” and presented by the first author to the Brazilian “Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) – Jaboticabal”. It provides information on the 137 species of this family. |
Organization: |
Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
Website: |
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