Family EYLAIDAE Leach, 1815
- Eylaides Leach, W.E. 1815. A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11: 306-400.
Introduction
Larvae in the water mite family Eylaidae are parasites of aquatic insects, especially Coleoptera and Hemiptera, and the adults are predators that feed on small aquatic crustaceans (Walter et al. 2009). The Australian fauna includes a single genus with 12 species, which are abundant and widespread in lakes and pools. All these species were catalogued by Viets (1987), and the Australian fauna was reviewed by Harvey (1998).
General References
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 | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |