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Genus Galumna von Heyden, 1826

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Galumna have been reported from Australia by Roberts (1953), Heatwole et al. (1981), Lee (1986), Walter (1995, 1999), Noble et al. (1996), Colloff & Halliday (1998), Longstaff et al. (1999), Proctor et al. (2002) and Osler & Murphy (2005).

 

General References

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

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.

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.

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

Osler, G.H.R. & Murphy, D.V. 2005. Oribatid mite species richness and soil organic matter fractions in agriculturall and native vegetation soils in Western Australia. Applied Soil Ecology 29: 93–98

Proctor, H.C., Montgomery, K.M., Rosen, K.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2002. Are tree trunks habitats or highways? A comparison of oribatid mite assemblages from hoop-pine bark and litter. Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 294–299

Roberts, F.H.S. 1953. Zygoribatula longiporosa Hammer (Oribatei : Acarina), an intermediate host of Moniezia benedeni (Moniez) (Anoplocephalidae : Cestoda) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 239-241

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.

 

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)
01-May-2017 Acari 23-Feb-2017 MODIFIED Dr Bruce Halliday
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED