Family ASTERNOSEIIDAE Kethley, 1977

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• Asternoseiidae Kethley, J.B. 1977. A review of the higher categories of Trigynaspida (Acari : Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 3: 129-149.

Introduction

Walter & Proctor (1998) and Beaulieu & Walter (2007) reported an undescribed genus of Asternoseiidae near Asternoseius from Queensland, and Lindquist et al. (2009) described the family Asternoseiidae as diverse in Australia, but none of the Australian taxa has so far been described or identified. Almost nothing is known of this family, except that Kethley (1977) recognised two named species and several undescribed species in an undescribed genus. Costa (1962) described a new species from the nest of a rodent, and referred to many undescribed species in Africa, and Athias-Henriot (1961) recorded a species from several sites around the Mediterranean.

Valle (1954) proposed the name Asternoseiidae for this family, but did not provide any diagnosis or description. The family name is therefore not available from that source, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

General References

Athias-Henriot, C. 1961. Mésostigmates (Urop. excl.) édaphiques Méditerranéens (Acaromorpha, Anactinotrichida) (collect. Prof. H. Franz et C. Athais-Henriot). Première Série. Acarologia 3: 381-509

Beaulieu, F. & Walter, D.E. 2007. Predation in suspended and forest floor soils: observations on Australian mesostigmatic mites. Acarologia 47: 43–54

Costa, M. 1962. Mites from the nests of the mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) in Israel. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 4: 481–503

Kethley, J.B. 1977. A review of the higher categories of Trigynaspida (Acari : Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 3: 129-149

Lindquist, E.E., Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. pp.124-232 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Valle, A. 1954. Acarina. pp. 270–276 in Zavattari, E. Biogeografia dell'isola di Zannone (Arcipelago Pontino). Fauna. Rendiconti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei XL 4 4–5: 201–298 + Plates XI–XV

Walter, D.E. & Proctor, H.C. 1998. Feeding behaviour and phylogeny: observations on early derivative Acari. Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 39-50

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