Genus Africoribates Evans, 1953

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• Africoribates Evans, G.O. 1953. On a collection of Acari from Kilimanjaro (Tanganyika). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 64: 258–281.
• Antarctozetes Balogh, J. 1961. Identification keys of world oribatid (Acari) families and genera. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 7: 243-344.
• Anellozetes Hammer, M. 1962. Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. IV. Patagonia. Biologiske Skrifter Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 13(3): 1-37 pls I-XI.
• Baloghobates Hammer, M. 1967. Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part II. Biologiske Skrifter Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 15(4): 1-64 pls I-XL.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Africobates Evans, 1953 [subsequent misspelling]. —
  Halliday, R.B. 1998. Mites of Australia : A Checklist and Bibliography. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 317 pp.

Introduction

The genus Africoribates is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Springett (1976), Lee (1986), Walter & Behan-Pelletier (1993), Hunt et al. (1998), Colloff & Halliday (1998), Longstaff et al. (1999), Osler & Murphy (2005) and Adolphson & Kinnear (2008). Proctor et al. (2002) reported a genus which they referred to as ?Africoribates.

General References

Adolphson, H. & Kinnear, A. 2008. Acari (mite) assemblages under plantations of bluegum, Eucalyptus globulus, in southwestern Australia. Pedobiologia 51: 427–437 (as Africoribates sp.)

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

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 Anellozetes)

Lee, D.C. 1986. Taxonomy and Distribution of Sarcoptiform Mites (Cryptostigmata and Astigmata: Acari) in South Australian Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane. 272 pp. (as Baloghobates, Africobates, Antarctozetes spp.)

Longstaff, B.C., Greenslade, P.J.M., Colloff, M., Reid, I., Hart, P. & Packer, I. 1999. Managing Soils in Agriculture. The Impact of Soil Tillage Practices on Soil Fauna. Canberra, Australia : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Publication No 99/18. pp. 65. (as Antarctozetes sp.)

Osler, G.H.R. & Murphy, D.V. 2005. Oribatid mite species richness and soil organic matter fractions in agriculturall and native vegetation soils in Western Australia. Applied Soil Ecology 29: 93–98

Proctor, H.C., Montgomery, K.M., Rosen, K.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2002. Are tree trunks habitats or highways? A comparison of oribatid mite assemblages from hoop-pine bark and litter. Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 294–299 (as Africoribates sp.)

Springett, J.A. 1976. The effect of planting Pinus pinaster Ait. on populations of soil microarthropods and on litter decomposition at Gnangara, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 1: 83-87 (as Anellozetes spp.)

Walter, D.E. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 1993. Systematics and ecology of Adhaesozetes polyphyllos sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Licneremaeoidea), a leaf-inhabiting mite from Australian rainforests. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1024-1040 (as Africoribates sp.)

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