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Cochlodispus
Genus of mite From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cochlodispus is a genus of mites from the family Microdispidae. One member of the genus, Cochlodispus minimus, is considered the smallest known mite species with a recorded adult body length of 79 μm (0.079 mm).[1]
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Characteristics
The Microdispidae are the least diverse family of pygmephoroid mites, with 20 described genera and about 120 species.[2] Most members of the family are fungivores, although some may be parasitoids of insects.[2] All 11 described species of Cochlodispus inhabit soil and litter.[3] The type species, Cochlodispus cochleatus, was originally designated Microdispus cochleatus by Sándor Mahunka in 1969.[3] Three years later, Mahunka formally described Cochlodispus as a distinct genus.[3]
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Species
The genus Cochlodispus currently contains 11 species:[3]
- Cochlodispus africanus Mahunka, 1975 – described from Ethiopia
- Cochlodispus chilensis Mahunka, 1972 – described from Chile
- Cochlodispus cochleatus Mahunka, 1969 – described from Brazil
- Cochlodispus europaeus Mahunka and Mahunka-Papp, 1994 – described from Hungary
- Cochlodispus fimbrisetus Mahunka, 1975 – described from Ethiopia
- Cochlodispus ghilarovi Mahunka, 1977 – described from Abkhazia
- Cochlodispus minimus Mahunka, 1976 – described from Ethiopia
- Cochlodispus pectinifer Mahunka, 1971 – described from Sri Lanka
- Cochlodispus reticordis Mahunka, 1972 – described from New Guinea
- Cochlodispus tarandus Mahunka, 1972 – described from New Guinea
- Cochlodispus zanzibariensis Khaustov and Ermilov, 2018 – described from Zanzibar
An additional species from Belgium was originally described as Cochlodispus operosus[4] but later research suggested it be reassigned to the genus Bakerdania of the family Neopygmephoridae.[3]
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References
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