Family DIARTHROPHALLIDAE Trägårdh, 1946

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• Diarthrophallidae Trägårdh, I. 1946. Outlines of a new classification of the Mesostigmata (Acarina) based on comparative morphological data. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 42(4): 1-37.

Introduction

The family Diarthrophallidae includes 18 genera and about 50 species that occur on beetles in the family Passalidae (Lindquist et al. 2009). The Australian fauna includes three genera and six species, most of which were described by Womersley (1961). The family was revised comprehensively by Schuster & Summers (1978), and no new Australian taxa have been added since that time. All life cycle stages of these mites are found on their beetle hosts, but their feeding has not been studied.

General References

Lindquist, E.E., Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. pp.124-232 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Schuster, R.O. & Summers, F.M. 1978. Mites of the family Diarthrophallidae (Acari : Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 4: 279-385

Womersley, H. 1961. Some Acarina from Australia and New Guinea paraphagic upon millipedes and cockroaches and on beetles of the family Passalidae. Part 4. The family Diarthrophallidae (Mesostigmata - Monogynaspida). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 84: 11-26

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