TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - The life histories of Platynothruspeltifer (Koch, 1839) and Damaeus clavipes (Hermann, 1804) (Acarina: Cryptostigmata) in soils of Pennine moorland VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 735 EP - 743 PY - 1965 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Block, W.C. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=3726 DA - 1965-10-01 KW - Acari KW - Damaeus KW - Life history KW - Platynothrus AB - Information is given of the biology and life histories of two species of oribatid mites in soils of Pennine moorland under a sub-arctic climate. By examination of the immature stages from monthly samples, it is shown that both species have a single annual generation. Platynothrus pellifer bred both in the spring and autumn, and Damaeus clavipes only in the autumn. ER -