Family HYADESIIDAE Halbert, 1915

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• Hyadesidae Halbert, J.N. 1915. Clare Island Survey. 39. Acarinida. Section II. Terrestrial and marine Acarina. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31: 45-136 pls IV-VIII [original spelling].

Introduction

The family Hyadesiidae is represented in Australia by a single species of Hyadesia, described from intertidal algae. Procheş & Marshall (2001) catalogued 47 species in this family world-wide in similar habitats. These mites feed on marine algae and possibly other types of organic debris (OConnor 2009). Unidentified species of Hyadesiidae were reported from Australia by Kitching & Callaghan (1982), but these species have now been described in the genus Lamingtonacarus Fashing et al. (2000), in the family Algophagidae.

General References

Fashing, N.J., OConnor, B.M. & Kitching, R.L. 2000. Lamingtonacarus, a new genus of Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata) from water-filled treeholes in Queensland, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 591–606

Kitching, R.L. & Callaghan, C. 1982. The fauna of water-filled tree holes in box forest in south-east Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 8: 61-70

OConnor, B.M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. pp. 565–657 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Procheş, S. & Marshall, D.J. 2001. Global distribution patterns of non-halacarid intertidal marine mites: implications for their origins in marine habitats. Journal of Biogeography 28: 47–58

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