Family EPICRIIDAE Berlese, 1885

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• Epicriidae Berlese, A. 1885. Acarorum systematis specimen. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 17: 121-135.

Introduction

The Epicriidae is a family of about 35 species that are found in moss, forest litter, and rotting wood in Europe, Asia and North America (Lindquist et al. 2009). Noble et al. (1996) recorded an unidentified species of Epicriidae from western New South Wales. If this record of Epicriidae is correct, it would represent the first record of the family, and of the whole of the Epicriina, from the Southern Hemisphere. However, the specimens have apparently been lost and the record must be regarded as unconfirmed. It seems likely that this was an incorrect identification of a mite in some other family. The same is true for the record of Epicriidae (as Epiariidae) by Stone & Simpson (1990), which was repeated by Yousuf et al. (2014)

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.

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1990. Species associations in Ips grandicollis galleries in Pinus taeda. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 20: 75-96.

Yousuf, F., Gurr, G., Carnegie, A.J., Bedding, R.A., Bashford, R. & Gitau, C. 2014. Biology of the bark beetle Ips grandicollis Eichoff (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) and its arthropod, nematode and microbial associates: a review of management opportunities from Australia. Austral Entomology 53: 298-316.

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