Family EREMAEOZETIDAE Piffl, 1972

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• Eremaeozetidae Piffl, E. 1972. Zur systematik der Oribatiden (Acari) (Neue Oribatiden aus Nepal, Costa Rica und Brasilien ergeben eine neue Familie der Unduloribatidae und erweitern die Polypterozetidae um die Gattungen Podopterotegaeus, Nodocepheus, Eremaeozetes und Tumerozet. Ergebnisse des Forschungsunternehmens Nepal Himalaya. Khumbu Himal 4: 269-314.

Introduction

The family Eremaeozetidae includes four genera and about 50 species, which occur in the Oriental, Ethiopean, Neotropical, and Oceanic Regions (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009; Schatz et al. 2011). Various species occur in moss, suspended soil, and organic litter in tropical forests, as well as some arid habitats. The family is known from Australia on the basis of several undescribed species of Eremaeozetes, as reported by Moulton (1982), Lee (1986), Hunt et al. (1998), Colloff & Halliday (1998), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Adolphson & Kinnear (2008), Callan et al. (2011) and Majer et al. (2013). The most important recent taxonomic study of the family was by Colloff (2012), who reviewed the systematics and biogeography of the family, with special emphasis on the southwest Pacific and Australian regions.

General References

Adolphson, H. & Kinnear, A. 2008. Acari (mite) assemblages under plantations of bluegum, Eucalyptus globulus, in southwestern Australia. Pedobiologia 51: 427–437

Callan, S.K., Majer, J.D., Edwards, K. & Moro, D. 2011. Documenting the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 50: 323–343

Colloff, M.J. 2012. New eremaeozetid mites (Acari: Oribatida: Eremaeozetoidea) from the south-western Pacific region and the taxonomic status of the Eremaeozetidae and Idiozetidae. Zootaxa 3435: 1–39

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications.

Hunt, G.S., Colloff, M.J., Dallwitz, M. & Walter, D.E. 1998. An Interactive Key to Oribatid Mites of Australia (CD-ROM). Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.

Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82

Lee, D.C. 1986. Taxonomy and Distribution of Sarcoptiform Mites (Cryptostigmata and Astigmata: Acari) in South Australian Soils. PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane. 272 pp.

Majer, J.D., Callan, S.K., Edwards, K., Gunawardene, N.R. & Taylor, C.K. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 13-112.

Moulton, T.M. 1982. The effect of prescribed burning and simulated burning on soil and litter arthropods in open forest at Cordeaux, N.S.W. Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University.

Norton, R.A. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. pp. 430–564 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Schatz, H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., OConnor, B.M. & Norton, R.A. 2011. Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. pp. 141–148 in Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness. Auckland : Magnolia Press.

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