Pachylaelaps Berlese, 1888

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The only attempt to compile the large amount of scattered information on Pachylaelaps was that of Hirschmann and Krauss (1965), who provided keys to 55 species. However, many more species have been described since then, especially from China and Europe, and data on these has not been synthesised, so it is difficult to assess the size of the world fauna. Species of Pachylaelaps are believed to be predators of nematodes and insect eggs (e.g. Gomaa et al., 1989; Karg, 1993a).

References

Berlese, A. (1888) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta 51. 18 text pages + Plates 1 - 10. (Reprint by Junk, The Hague, 1979).

Gomaa, E. A., Abou-Awad, B. A. & Abou-Elela, M. M. (1989) Life-history studies and feeding behaviour of the predatory mite, Pachylaelaps aegyptiacus, with description of immature stages (Acari: Pachylaelapidae). Insect Science and its Application, 10, 691 - 698

Hirschmann, W. & Krauss, W. (1965) Bestimmungstafeln von 55 Pachylaelaps - Arten. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe fur Vergleichende Milbenkunde, 7, 1 - 5 + 28 Plates.

Karg, W. (1993 a) Acari (Acarina), Milben. Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Cohors Gamasina Leach. Raubmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, 59, 1 - 523.