Genus Asca Von Heyden, 1826
Introduction
Eight named species of Asca have been described or recorded from Australia, but further undescribed or unidentified species exist in collections, as pointed out by Halliday et al. (1998). Unidentified species were also reported by Stone & Simpson (1990, 1991), Walter et al. (1993), Walter & Lindquist (1995), Longstaff et al. (1999), Walter (1999), Osler & Beattie (2001), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Beaulieu et al. (2006, 2010), Proctor et al. (2011), Colloff et al. (2013), Manwaring et al. (2015, 2018) and Walter & Stirling (2018). Beaulieu & Weeks (2007) reviewed the state of knowledge and ecological significance of this group in Australia.
General References
Beaulieu, F., Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C., Kitching, R.L. & Menzel, F. 2006. Mesostigmatid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) on rainforest tree trunks: arboreal specialists, but substrate generalists? Experimental and Applied Acarology 39: 25–40
Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478
Beaulieu., F., Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C. & Kitching, R.L. 2010. The canopy starts at 0.5 m: predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) differ between rainforest floor soil and suspended soil at any height. Biotropica 42: 704–709 + supplementary pages 1–13
Colloff, M.J., Lindsay, E.A. & Cook, D.C. 2013. Natural pest control in citrus as an ecosystem service: Integrating ecology, economics and management at the farm scale. Biological Control 67: 170-177 + supplementary data.
Halliday, R.B., Walter, D.E. & Lindquist, E.E. 1998. Revision of the Australian Ascidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 1-54
Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82
Manwaring, M., Wallace, H.M. & Weaver, H.J. 2018. Effects of a mulch layer on the assemblage and abundance of mesostigmatan mites and other arthropods in the soil of a sugarcane agro‑ecosystem in Australia. Experimental and Applied Acarology 74: 291-300.
Manwaring, M., Walter, D. & Stirling, G.R. 2015. Microarthropoda as predators of nematode pests in sugarcane soils: Literature review and preliminary studies. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 37: 212-217.
Osler, G.H.R. & Beattie, A.J. 2001. Contribution of oribatid and mesostigmatid soil mites in ecologically based estimates of global species richness. Austral Ecology 26: 70–79
Proctor, H., Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Wardell-Johnson, G. & Reis, T. 2011. Rainforest-restoration success as judged by assemblages of soil- and litter-dwelling mites (Arachnida: Acari). Zoosymposia 6: 234–254
Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1990. Species associations in Ips grandicollis galleries in Pinus taeda. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 20: 75-96.
Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1991. Effect of six chemicals on the insects, mites, nematodes and fungi associated with Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) in northeastern New South Wales. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 21-28
Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.
Walter, D.E., Halliday, R.B. & Lindquist, E.E. 1993. A review of the genus Asca (Acarina: Ascidae) in Australia, with descriptions of three new leaf-inhabiting species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 1327-1347
Walter, D.E. & Lindquist, E.E. 1995. The distributions of parthenogenetic ascid mites (Acari: Parasitiformes) do not support the biotic uncertainty hypothesis. Experimental and Applied Acarology 19: 423-442
Walter, D.E. & Stirling, G.R. 2018. Microarthropods in Australian sugarcane soils: A survey with emphasis on the Mesostigmata as potential regulators of nematode populations. Acarologia 58: 673-682.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | Acari | 11-Aug-2019 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 15-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Nov-2011 | 06-Nov-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 08-Aug-2010 | 08-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 09-Jul-2010 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |