Family AMERONOTHRIDAE Vitzthum, 1943

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• Ameronothridae Vitzthum, H.G. 1943. Dr. H. G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs. 5 Band: Arthropoda. IV. Abteilung: Arachnoidea. 5. Buch. Acarina. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Becker & Erler Kom. - Ges. 1011 pp.

Introduction

In the classification of Schatz et al. (2011), the family Ameronothridae includes nine genera and 42 species world-wide. The family is cosmopolitan, but is very strongly represented in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in the Antarctic and Subantarctic Regions (summarised by Subias 2004, 2011). Many species occur in intertidal habitats, including algae, and other species occur in salt marshes, lichens, and ephemeral rock pools (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). The Australian Ameronothridae are poorly known, with only a single identified species. A much more diverse fauna has been reported in the Australian Antarctic Territory and subantarctic islands (Colloff & Halliday 1998). Unidentified Ameronothridae were also reported from Australia by Walter (1995).

General References

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

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.

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]

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

Walter, D.E. 1995. Dancing on the head of a pin: mites in the rainforest canopy. pp. 49-53 in M.S. Harvey (ed.). Australasian Spiders and their Relatives: Papers Honouring Barbara York Main. Records of the Western Australian Museum 52(Supplement)

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