Family EUPODIDAE Koch, 1842

 

Introduction

The Australian Eupodidae are poorly known, with only a single identified species. The one known species, Linopodes antennaepes, occurs in cultivated mushrooms, but its ecological role there is not fully understood. At least 80 species are known world-wide (Walter et al. 2009), suggesting that more Australian species remain undiscovered. Unidentified species have been recorded from Australia a number of times as listed for each genus, and unidentified Eupodidae were also reported by Heatwole et al. (1981), Greenslade (1985), Kinnear (1991), Walter et al. (1994), Osler et al. (2000), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Adolphson & Kinnear (2008), Callan et al. (2011), Proctor et al. (2011) and Majer et al. (2013).

 

General References

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

Greenslade, P. 1985. Terrestrial invertebrates of the mound spring bores, creek beds and other habitats. pp. 64-77 in Greenslade, J., Joseph, L. & Reeves, A. (eds). South Australia's Mound Springs. Adelaide : Nature Conservation Society of South Australia.

Heatwole, H., Done, T. & Cameron, E. 1981. Community Ecology of a Coral Cay: A study of One-Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The Hague : W. Junk 379 pp.

Kinnear, A. 1991. Acarine communities of semi-arid soils from the the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. Pedobiologia 35: 273-283

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

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.

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.

Osler, G.H.R., van Vliet, P.C.J., Gauci, C.S. & Abbott, L.K. 2000. Changes in free living soil nematode and micro-arthropod communities under a canola-wheat-lupin rotation in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Soil Research 38: 47–59

Proctor, H., Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Wardell-Johnson, G. & Reis, T. 2011. Rainforest-restoration success as judged by assemblages of soil- and litter-dwelling mites (Arachnida: Acari). Zoosymposia 6: 234–254

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.

Walter, D.E., O'Dowd, D. & Barnes, V. 1994. The forgotten arthropods: Foliar mites in the forest canopy. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36: 221-226

 

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Genus Benoinyssus Fain, 1958

 

Introduction

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

 

General References

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.

 

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Genus Eupodes Koch, 1835

 

Introduction

The genus Eupodes is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified specimens, as reported by Walter (1995, 1999), Noble et al. (1996), Qin (1998) and Longstaff et al. (1999) and Majer et al. (2013).

 

General References

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.

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.

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

Qin, T.K. 1998. A checklist and key to species of Eupodoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Australia and New Zealand and their subantarctic islands. Records of the Western Australian Museum 28: 295-307

Walter, D.E. 1995. Dancing on the head of a pin: mites in the rainforest canopy. pp. 49-53 in M.S. Harvey (ed.). Australasian Spiders and their Relatives: Papers Honouring Barbara York Main. Records of the Western Australian Museum 52(Supplement)

Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.

 

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Genus Linopodes Koch, 1835

 

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Species Linopodes antennaepes Banks, 1894

 

General References

Banks, N. 1915. The Acarina or mites. A review of the group for the use of economic entomologists. United States Department of Agriculture. Office of the Secretary. Report 108: 1-153 (as Linopodes antennaepes)

Clancy, G. 1981. Observations of mites associated with the low yielding crops of cultivated Agaricus bisporus in Australia. Mushroom Science 11: 233-244 (as Linopodes antennaepes)

Hussey, N.W., Read, W.H. & Hesling, J.J. 1969. The Pests of Protected Cultivation. The Biology and Control of Glasshouse and Mushroom Pests. London : Edward Arnold 404 pp. (as Linopodes antennaepes)

Thor, S. & Willmann, C. 1941. Eupodidae, Penthalodidae, Penthaleidae, Rhagidiidae, Pachygnathidae, Cunaxidae. Das Tierreich 71a: 1-186 (as Linopodes antennaepes)

 

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Genus Protereunetes Berlese, 1923

 

Introduction

The genus Protereunetes is known from Australia only on the basis of unidentified species, as reported by Lowry (1980) and Longstaff et al. (1999).

 

General References

Lowry, J.W.J. 1980. Ecological Relationships of Western Australian Cavernicoles. MSc. Thesis, School of Zoology, University of New South Wales. Vol. 1 367 pp., Vol. 2 204 pp. + appendices

 

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