Family DOLICHOCYBIDAE Mahunka, 1970

Dolichocybidae Mahunka, S. 1970. Considerations on the systematics of the Tarsonemina and the description of new European taxa (Acari: Tromdidiformes). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 16: 137-174.

Introduction

The family Dolichocybidae includes about 25 species world-wide (Walter et al. 2009). They are minute mites found in soil and litter, under bark, and in the nests of various types of insects, on which they are phoretic. They appear to be funigvorous and not parasitic (Kaliszewski et al. 1995). A few species may be pests of cultivated mushrooms. The Australian Dolichocybidae are poorly known, with only a single unidentified species, as reported from soil by Noble et al. (1996) and Longstaff et al. (1999).

General References

Kaliszewski, M., Athias-Binche, F. & Lindquist, E.E. 1995. Parasitism and parasitoidism in Tarsonemina (Acari: Heterostigmata) and evolutionary considerations. Advances in Parasitology 35: 335-367

Longstaff, B.C., Greenslade, P.J.M., Colloff, M., Reid, I., Hart, P. & Packer, I. 1999. Managing Soils in Agriculture. The Impact of Soil Tillage Practices on Soil Fauna. Canberra, Australia : Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Publication No 99/18. pp. 65.

Noble, J.C., Tongway, D.J., Roper, M.M. & Whitford, W.G. 1996. 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

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.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
07-May-2013	07-May-2013	MODIFIED
18-Oct-2011	18-Oct-2011	MOVED
29-Jul-2010	29-Jul-2010	MOVED
07-May-2013	09-Jul-2010	ADDED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Dolichocybe Krantz, 1957

Dolichocybe Krantz, G.W. 1957. Dolichocybe keiferi, a new genus and new species of pyemotid mite, with a description of a new species of Siteroptes (Acarina: Pyemotidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 259-264.

Introduction

The genus Dolichocybe is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Noble et al. (1996) and Longstaff et al. (1999).

General References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
07-May-2013	07-May-2013	MODIFIED
18-Oct-2011	18-Oct-2011	MOVED
	22-Apr-2011	ADDED