Bryobia graminum

Bryobia graminum, also known as the clover mite, is a species of mite with a cosmopolitan distribution.[2][3]

Bryobia graminum
(as B. cristata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Tetranychidae
Genus: Bryobia
Species:
B. graminum
Binomial name
Bryobia graminum
(Schrank, 1781)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acarus graminum Schrank, 1781
  • Acarus rufus Schrank, 1776
  • Bryobia amygdali Reck, 1947
  • Bryobia cristata (Dugès, 1834)
  • Bryobia gloriosa Koch, 1836
  • Bryobia haustor (Hardy, 1850)
  • Bryobia praetiosa Womersley, 1940
  • Bryobia zachvatkini Wainstein, 1956
  • Rhyncholophus haustor Hardy, 1850
  • Tetranychus cristatus Dugès, 1834

It was first described in 1781 by Franz von Paula Schrank as Acarus graminum.[2][4]

Its hosts are mainly herbaceous plants (grasses & daisies).[3]

Synonymy

Further synonymy is given in the Australian government funded[5] Lucid key to mites.[3]

  • Bryobia cristata (Duges) Oudemans, 1905, synonymy Livshits & Mitrofanov, 1971[6]
  • Bryobia haustor (Hardy) Oudemans, 1937, synonymy Oudemans, 1937[7]

References
  1. "Bryobia graminum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. "Bryobia graminum (Schrank, 1781) | Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. "Spider mites of Australia (including key exotic southeast Asian pest species) Lucid key: Factsheet - Bryobia graminum (Schrank, 1781)". keys.lucidcentral.org. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. Schrank, F.v.P. (1781). "Enumeratio Insectorum Austriae Indiginorum". Beitr. Natur., Augsburg, Germany. 8: 515.
  5. Beard, J.J. (2018). "Spider mites of Australia (including key exotic southeast Asian pest species)". keys.lucidcentral.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. Livshits, I.Z. and Mitrofanov, V.I. (1971)  The mites of the genus Bryobia C.L. Koch, 1836 (Acariformes, Bryobiidae).  Trudy Gosudarstvennogo Nikitskogo Botanicheskogo Sada 51: 1-112
  7. Oudemans, A.C. (1937) Kritisch Historisch Overzicht der Acarologie.  3(C): IX-XXIII + 799-1348
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