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Family DINYCHIDAE Berlese, 1916

Introduction

The cosmopolitan family Dinychidae includes about 30 species. Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) placed all the species in the single genus Dinychus. They arranged the species in a series of species groups, which were previously treated as genera or subgenera. Most of the species occur in Europe, with some in North America, South America and Japan (Hirschmann & Wisniewski 1993). The most recent taxonomic survey of the genus was by Athias-Binche et al. (1989), and the European fauna was reviewed by Karg (1989) and Mašán (2001). These mites are found in moss, soil and litter, under bark, and in the nests of small mammals and ants. Only one species has been described from Australia. Dinychus greensladeae was abundant and widespread in leaf litter and moss in Tasmania (Błoszyk & Halliday 1995). More extensive collecting is likely to reveal the presence of Dinychidae in other areas of Australia, such as the unidentified species reported by Callan et al. (2011) and Majer et al. (2013).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-May-2017 Acari 19-Jan-2017 MODIFIED Dr Bruce Halliday
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
06-Nov-2011 06-Nov-2011 MOVED
08-Aug-2010 08-Aug-2010 MOVED
09-Jul-2010 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED