Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Subordo: Brachypylina
Infraordo: Pycnonoticae
Superfamilia: Damaeoidea
Familia: Damaeidae
Genera : Acanthobelba – Allobelba – Belba – Belbodamaeus – Damaeus – Dameobelba – Epidamaeus – Kunstidamaeus – Metabelba – Metabelbella – Neobelba – Nortonbelba – Parabelbella – Porobelba – Spatiodamaeus – Subbelba – Tamdamaeus – Tectodamaeus – Weigmannia
Name
Damaeidae Berlese, 1896
Type genus: Damaeus Koch, 1835
References
Berlese, A. 1896: [citation needed]
Miko, L. 2010: Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) III. Species of the Kunstidamaeus tenuipes (Michael, 1885) group, with a description of Kunstidamaeus fraterculus n. sp. from East Slovakia. Zootaxa, 2327: 51–64. Preview
Miko, L. 2015: Taxonomy of European Damaeidae VIII. Contribution to classification of genus Damaeus C.L. Koch, 1835, with a review of Adamaeus Norton, 1978 and Paradamaeus Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1957 and redescription of three species. Zootaxa 3980(2): 151–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Miko, L. & Ermilov, S.G. 2017. Tamdamaeus staryi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from Vietnam, with remarks on certain unusual diagnostic features. Zootaxa 4306(3): 370–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.3.4 Reference page.
Mourek, J.; Miko, L.; Bernini, F. 2011: Taxonomy of European Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) IV. Partial revision of Metabelba Grandjean, 1936 with proposal of one new subgenus, one new species and redescriptions of two known species. Zootaxa, 3099: 1–42. Preview
Xie, L.; Yang, M. 2009: A taxonomic study on the genus Tectodamaeus Aoki (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae), with description of two new species from China. ZooKeys, 21: 73–82. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.21.200
Seniczak, S.; Seniczak, A. 2011: Differentiation of external morphology of Damaeidae (Acari: Oribatida) in light of the ontogeny of three species. Zootaxa, 2775: 1–36. Preview
Subías, L.S. 2004: Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia, 60(extra. 1): 3–305. [not seen]
2010: Annales zoologici, 60(4): 599–616. DOI: 10.3161/000345410X550463
Links
Schatz, H. (coordinator): Damaeidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Subías, L.S.: LISTADO SISTEMÁTICO, SINONÍMICO Y BIOGEOGRÁFICO DE LOS ÁCAROS ORIBÁTIDOS (ACARIFORMES: ORIBATIDA) DEL MUNDO (Excepto fósiles) Version: April 2009
Damaeidae Berlese (1896) is a family of mites.[1] Alternative names for the family include Belbidae Willmann (1931), and Belbodamaeidae Bulanova-Zachvatkina (1967) or Hungarobelbidae (1996).[2] They had been previously considered to be distinct families.[1][3][4]
Species of the family are extant in Eurasia and Northern America.[5] Related species exist in New Zealand and South America.[4]
Behaviour
Most species of the family live in plant litter, mosses, decaying woods and organic soil layers. The family is composed of fungivores. They have an important role in regulation of the density of fungi that is harmful for plants.[5]
List of genera
The following genera are part of this family:[6][7][8][9]
Acanthobelba
Allobelba
Belba
Belbodamaeus
Damaeus
Dameobelba
Epidamaeus
Hungarobelba
Hypodamaeus
Kunstidamaeus
Metabelba
Metabelbella
Mirobelba
Neobelba
Nortonbelba
Parabelbella
Paradamaeus
Parametabelba
Porobelba
Subbelba
Spatiodamaeus
Tectodamaeus
Weigmannia
References
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J. G. Rodriguez (22 October 2013). Recent Advances in Acarology. Elsevier Science. p. 533. ISBN 978-1-4832-7554-3.
Perez-Iñigo C. (1997). "Acari: Oribatei, Gymnonota. In: Ramos, M. A., (Ed.)". Fauna Iberica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. 9: 342.
Jan Mourek (May 2010). "Systematics of oribatid mite families Damaeidae and Gymnodamaeidae (Acari: Oribatida), feeding ecology of selected oribatid species". Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Milan Daniel; B. Rosický (14 November 2014). Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Acarology. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 978-94-010-2709-0.
Xie, Lixia; Yang, Maofa; Huang, Rong (15 July 2011). "A new species of the genus Epidamaeus (Acari, Oribatida, Damaeidae) from China". ZooKeys (119): 29–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1629. PMC 3192423. PMID 21998515.
"Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". www.catalogueoflife.org. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
"Belbidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
"Belbodamaeidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
"Damaeidae". Fauna Europaea. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 December 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Further reading
S. G. Ermilov (2010). "MORPHOLOGY OF JUVENILE INSTARS OF METABELBA PAPILLIPES (ACARI, ORIBATIDA, DAMAEIDAE" (PDF). Acarina. 18 (2): 273–279.
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