• Ameridae Grandjean, F. 1965. Complément a mon travail de 1953 sur la classification des Oribates. Acarologia 7: 713-734.

Introduction

In the classification of Schatz et al. (2011), the family Ameridae includes 7 genera and 37 species world-wide. The family is cosmopolitan, but none of the genera is very diverse. The known species occur in forest and grassland litter, and there is some evidence that they may feed on nematodes (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). The Australian fauna includes only a single species, described from rainforest litter in Queensland and New South Wales (Balogh & Balogh 1983).

General References

Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 1983. New Oribatid mites from Australia (Acari : Oribatei). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 29: 81-105

Norton, R.A. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. pp. 430–564 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Schatz, H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., OConnor, B.M. & Norton, R.A. 2011. Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. pp. 141–148 in Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness. Auckland : Magnolia Press.

History of changes

• Hymenobelba Balogh, J. 1962. New Oribatids from Madagascar (Acari). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 54: 419-427.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Hymenobelba have been reported from Australia by Osler (1997) and Colloff & Halliday (1998).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET)

General References

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications.

Osler, G.H.R. 1997. Factors Contributing to the Structure of Soil Mite Communities. PhD thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University. 212 pp.

History of changes

• Hymenobelba domahidyi Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 1983. New Oribatid mites from Australia (Acari : Oribatei). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 29: 81-105 [83-84].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1, Point Lookout, Ebor, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) HNHM 1 (same locality as holotype); HNHM 8, Bulburin State Forest, Queensland; HNHM 2, Dunoon, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET)

General References

Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 2002. Identification Keys to the Oribatid Mites of the Extra-Holarctic Regions. Miskolc. : Well-Press Publishing Vol. 1, 453 pp. + Vol. 2, 504 pp. (as Hymenobelba domahidyi)

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications. (as Hymenobelba domahidyi)

Hunt, G.S., Colloff, M.J., Dallwitz, M. & Walter, D.E. 1998. An Interactive Key to Oribatid Mites of Australia (CD-ROM). Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing. (as Hymenobelba domahidyi)

Subias, L.S February 2011. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) del mundo (excepto fósiles). Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. http://www.ucm.es/info/zoo/Artropodos/Catalogo.pdf [date of access 1 October 2011] (as Hymenobelba domahidyi)

Subias, L.S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia 60 (Supplement): 3–305 (as Hymenobelba domahidyi)

History of changes