Stratiolaelaps [SEP] parent taxon
Stratiolaelaps
Stratiolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Species.
- "Stratiolaelaps antennata"
- "Stratiolaelaps gibbosus"
- "Stratiolaelaps lamington"
- "Stratiolaelaps lorna"
- "Stratiolaelaps marilyn"
- "Stratiolaelaps miles"
- "Stratiolaelaps reticulata"
- "Stratiolaelaps scimitus"
- "Stratiolaelaps womersleyi"
, predatory mites are used as a biological method of preventing and curing mite infestations.
"Stratiolaelaps scimitus" and the similar species, "S. aculiefer" are soil-dwelling, predatory mites. "Stratiolaelaps" mites feed on fungus gnats, springtails, thrips pupae, and other small insects in the soil. The mite is 0.5 mm (1/50 inch) long and light-brown in color. It inhabits the top 1/2 inch layer of soil. Females lay eggs in the soil which hatch into nymphs