Family CASTRIIDINYCHIDAE Hirschmann, 1979 (nomen nudum)

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• Castriidinychidae Hirschmann, W. 1979. Stadiensystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 1. Stadienfamilien und Stadiengattungen der Atrichopygidiina, erstellt im Vergleich zum Gangsystem Hirschmann 1979. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 26: 57-70 [nomen nudum].

Introduction

Hirschmann (1979) used the name Castriidinychidae for this family, but did not provide a description or any means of defining the family. The name is therefore technically unavailable under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, but no other name is available for this family, and the family concept is taxonomically useful, so it is provisionally used here until this problem can be corrected (Halliday, 2016). The family Castriidinychidae includes only the small genus Castriidinychus, with 20 species described from soil and litter in Australia and South America. Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) arranged these species in a series of species groups, which were previously treated as genera or subgenera. The Australian fauna includes six species, which were reviewed by Dylewska et al. (2010).

General References

Dylewska, M., Błoszyk, J. & Halliday, R.B. 2010. Three new species of mites in the genus Castriidinychus Hirschmann from Tasmania (Acari: Uropodidae). Zootaxa 2546: 1–30

Halliday, R.B. 2016. Catalogue of families and their type genera in the mite suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa 4061(4): 347-366.

Hirschmann, W. 1979. Stadiensystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 1. Stadienfamilien und Stadiengattungen der Atrichopygidiina, erstellt im Vergleich zum Gangsystem Hirschmann 1979. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 26: 57-70

Hirschmann, W. & Wisniewski, J. 1993. Acari Parasitiformes. Supercohors Atrichopygidiina Hirschmann 1975. Die Uropodiden der Erde. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 40: 1-466

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