Hermannia (arachnid)

This article is about the mite genus Hermannia. For plant genus Hermannia, see Hermannia.

Hermannia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
Family:	Hermanniidae
Genus:	Hermannia Nicolet, 1855, (cf. Sellnick, 1928, Tierw. Mittel., 4(3) (IX):18; Woas, 1981, Andrias, 1: 7; Woas, 1992, Andrias, 9: 175.)[1]

Hermannia is a genus of mites that includes several dozen described species.^[2] Typically they dwell in moss, feeding partly on fungi.^[3]

References

1. Colloff, MJ & Halliday, RB. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of Australian Genera and Species. Csiro Publishing, 1998. ASIN:B006WDL71A
2. "ADW: Hermannia: CLASSIFICATION". Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
3. Sabelis, Maurice W.; Bruin, Jan (2010). "Nutritional biology of oribatid mites from different microhabitats in the forest". Trends in Acarology: 213–216. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9837-5_34. ISBN 978-90-481-9836-8.