Family CLOACARIDAE Camin, Moss, Oliver & Singer, 1967

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• Cloacaridae Camin, J.H., Moss, W.W., Oliver, J.H. & Singer, G. 1967. Cloacaridae, a new family of cheyletoid mites from the cloaca of aquatic turtles. Journal of Medical Entomology 4: 261-272.

Introduction

The Cloacaridae is a family of about 20 species of parasites that are usually found in the cloaca of turtles, where they are believed to disperse by venereal transmission (Walter et al. 2009). Most of the species were described and keyed by Fain (1968). A single species has been found in the respiratory tissues of an owl (Fain & Smiley 1989). Only a single species has been found in Australia, collected from a turtle in Queensland (Fain 1968; Domrow 1991). Bochkov & OConnor (2008) reviewed the Cloacaridae and related families, and promoted Cloacaridae to a separate superfamily. The placement of this superfamily in the Raphignathina is only provisional.

General References

Bochkov, A.V. & OConnor, B.M. 2008. A new mite superfamily Cloacaroidea and its position within the Prostigmata (Acariformes). Journal of Parasitology 94: 335–344

Domrow, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates : an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1238-1376

Fain, A. 1968. Notes sur les acariens de la famille Cloacaridae Camin et al. parasites du cloaque et des tissus profonds des tortues (Cheyletoidea : Trombidiformes). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 44(15): 1-33

Fain, A. & Smiley, R.L. 1989. A new cloacarid mite (Acari: Cloacaridae) from the lungs of the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus, from the U.S.A. International Journal of Acarology 15: 111–115

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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