Family ANISITSIELLIDAE Koenike, 1910

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• Anisitsiellinae Koenike, F. 1910. Ein Acarinen- insbesondere Hydracarinen-system nebst hydracarinologischen Berichtigungen. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 20: 121-164.

Introduction

The Anisitsiellidae is a large and heterogeneous family of water mites, which will probably be broken up into several families when it is thoroughly revised (Cramer & Smith 1993; Harvey 1998; Walter et al. 2009). The family occurs in streams, ponds and springs world-wide, with some species found in more unusual microhabitats such as mound springs and water-filled leaf axils on plants (Harvey 1998). The larvae, where known, are parasites of aquatic flies. The known Australian fauna includes four genera and ten species, with most of the species described by Cook (1986) and Harvey (1990). The world fauna was catalogued by Viets (1987) and the Australian genera were reviewed by Harvey (1998).

General References

Cook, D.R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1-568

Cramer, C. & Smith, I.M. 1993. A new species of the genus Mamersellides Lundblad, 1937 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with remarks on the family Anisitsiellidae. The Canadian Entomologist 125: 769–783

Harvey, M.S. 1990. A review of the water mite family Anisitsiellidae in Australia (Acarina). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 629-646

Harvey, M.S. 1998. The Australian Water Mites. A Guide to the Families and Genera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 150 pp.

Viets, K.O. 1987. Die Milben des Süsswassers (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae (Part.), Acari). 2. Katalog. Berlin : Paul Parey 1012 pp.

Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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