Family CALIGONELLIDAE Grandjean, 1944

 

Introduction

The Australian Caligonellidae are very poorly known, with records of only two identified species. Unidentified species in several genera have been recorded from Australia, and unidentified Caligonellidae were also reported by Osler et al. (2000), Adolphson & Kinnear (2008) and Proctor et al. (2011). Elsewhere the family includes five genera of soft-bodied mites found in leaf litter, under bark, in birds' nests, and on low plants (Summers & Schlinger 1955; Walter et al. 2009). The best known regional fauna is that of southern Africa (Smith Meyer & Ueckermann 1989). Nothing is known of their biology; they are believed to be predatory.

 

General References

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

Lowry, J.W.J. 1980. Ecological Relationships of Western Australian Cavernicoles. MSc. Thesis, School of Zoology, University of New South Wales. Vol. 1 367 pp., Vol. 2 204 pp. + appendices

Osler, G.H.R., van Vliet, P.C.J., Gauci, C.S. & Abbott, L.K. 2000. Changes in free living soil nematode and micro-arthropod communities under a canola-wheat-lupin rotation in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38: 47–59

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

Smith Meyer, M.K.P. & Ueckermann, E.A. 1989. African Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Republic of South Africa Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Entomology Memoir 74: 1–58

Summers, F.M. & Schlinger, E.I. 1955. Mites of the family Caligonellidae (Acarina). Hilgardia 23: 539-561

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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Genus Caligonella Berlese, 1910

 

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Caligonella have been reported from Australia by Kinnear (1991), Noble et al. (1996a, 1996b) and Kinnear & Tongway (2004).

 

General References

Kinnear, A. 1991. Acarine communities of semi-arid soils from the the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. Pedobiologia 35: 273-283

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

Noble, J.C., Tongway, D.J., Roper, M.M. & Whitford, W.G. 1996a. Fire studies in mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities of western New South Wales: spatial and temporal fluxes in soil chemistry and soil biology following prescribed fire. Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 398-413

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996b. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

 

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Species Caligonella humilis (Koch, 1838)

 

General References

Lowry, J.W.J. 1980. Ecological Relationships of Western Australian Cavernicoles. MSc. Thesis, School of Zoology, University of New South Wales. Vol. 1 367 pp., Vol. 2 204 pp. + appendices (as Caligonella humilis)

Summers, F.M. & Schlinger, E.I. 1955. Mites of the family Caligonellidae (Acarina). Hilgardia 23: 539-561 (as Caligonella humilis)

 

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Genus Coptocheles Summers & Schlinger, 1955

 

Introduction

The genus Coptocheles is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Noble et al. (1996) and Majer et al. (2013).

 

General References

Majer, J.D., Callan, S.K., Edwards, K., Gunawardene, N.R. & Taylor, C.K. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 13-112.

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

 

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Genus Molothrognathus Summers & Schlinger, 1955

 

Introduction

In addition to one identified species, the genus Molothrognathus is known from Australia on the basis of unidentified specimens reported by Noble et al. (1996a, 1996b) and Kinnear & Tongway (2004).

 

General References

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

Noble, J.C., Tongway, D.J., Roper, M.M. & Whitford, W.G. 1996a. Fire studies in mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities of western New South Wales: spatial and temporal fluxes in soil chemistry and soil biology following prescribed fire. Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 398-413

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996b. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

 

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Species Molothrognathus crucis Summers & Schlinger, 1955

 

General References

Majer, J.D., Callan, S.K., Edwards, K., Gunawardene, N.R. & Taylor, C.K. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 13-112. (as Molothrognathus crucis)

 

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Genus Neognathus Willmann, 1952

 

Introduction

The genus Neognathus is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Wood (1970), Noble et al. (1990, 1996a, 1996b) and Walter et al. (2009).

 

General References

Noble, J.C., Kaliszewski, M. & Whitford, W.G. 1990. Soil Acari from burnt and unburnt mallee habitats in western New South Wales. pp. 224-225 in Noble, J.C., Joss, P.J. & Jones, G.K. (eds). The Mallee Lands: A Conservation Perspective. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications.

Noble, J.C., Tongway, D.J., Roper, M.M. & Whitford, W.G. 1996a. Fire studies in mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities of western New South Wales: spatial and temporal fluxes in soil chemistry and soil biology following prescribed fire. Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 398-413

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996b. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

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.

Wood, T.G. 1970. Micro-arthropods from soils of the arid zone in Southern Australia. Search 1: 75

 

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