Balaustium

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Balaustium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Subclass: Acari Superorder: Acariformes Order: Prostigmata Suborder: Anystina (unranked) Parasitengona Superfamily: Erythraeoidea Family: Erythraeidae Genus: Balaustium Heyden, 1826
Species
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Balaustium is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.

[edit] Species

Species include:

• Balaustium angustum
• Balaustium bipilum
• Balaustium cristatum
• Balaustium graminum
• Balaustium insularum
• Balaustium lapidarium
• Balaustium madeirense
• Balaustium medicagoense
• Balaustium tardum
• Balaustium vignae

[edit] References

• Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa, Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I