Belba
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Belba'' is a genus of mites belonging to family
Damaeidae Damaeidae Berlese (1896) is a family of mites. Alternative names for the family include Belbidae Willmann (1931), and Belbodamaeidae Bulanova-Zachvatkina (1967) or Hungarobelbidae (1996). They had been previously considered to be distinct famil ...
. The genus was established by
Carl von Heyden Carl Heinrich Georg(es) von Heyden (20 January 1793 Frankfurt – 7 July 1866) was a German senator and entomologist. He collected insects in all orders but was especially interested in Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Co ...
in 1826. ''
Notaspis corynopus ''Lipararchis'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Species *''Lipararchis aspilus'' (Turner, 1915), described from Australia in the genus ''Calamochrous'' *''Lipararchis hyacinthopa'' Meyrick, 1934, the type species, described from Vuni ...
'' ( Hermann, 1804) was the type species. Species that are part of the genus can be found in Eurasia and
North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
.


Behaviour

Members of the genus ''Belba'' are fungivores. Some species have been concluded to prefer a narrow temperature range of 11°C – 15°C.


List of species

The following species are considered to be part of the genus:


See also

*
Jordbrugrotta Jordbrugrotta is a cave in the upper parts of by the river in Rana municipality in Nordland county in Norway. The cave is named after the farm Jordbrua further down the valley. The cave is situated about two kilometers south of the dam at Kal ...
*
List of fauna of Batu Caves The following species have been collected from the Dark Cave, Batu Caves, Selangor in Malaysia: * ''Pheretima indica'' ( Haplotaxida: Megascolecidae) * ''Dichogaster'' sp. ( Haplotaxida: Oribatida


References


Further reading

* * * *


External links

* – Family of the genus ''Belba''
Damaeidae Species Listing
i
Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
by Dr. Heinrich Schatz Acari genera Taxa named by Carl von Heyden {{Acari-stub