Family BARBUTIIDAE Robaux, 1975

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• Barbutiidae Robaux, P. 1975. Observations sur quelques Actinedida (= Prostigmates) du sol d'Amérique du Nord. V. Barbutiidae, une nouvelle famille d'acariens (Acari: Raphignathoidae) et description d'une nouvelle espèce appartenant au genre Barbutia. Acarologia 17: 480-488.

Introduction

The only substantial work on the family Barbutiidae is by Fan et al. (2003). They reviewed the four species known in the family, two of which were newly described from Australia. These are minute soft-bodied mites found in forest litter in Europe, USA and Australia. Nothing is known of their biology. The family is provisionally placed in the superfamily Raphignathoidea until it can be analysed in more detail. Proctor et al. (2011) recorded an unidentified species from Queensland.

General References

Fan, Q.-H., Walter, D.E. & Proctor, H.C. 2003. A review of the family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea), with the description of two new species from Australia. Systematic and Applied Acarology 8: 107–130

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

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