Family LIACARIDAE Sellnick, 1928

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• Liacáridæ Sellnick, M. 1928. Formenkreis : Hornmilben, Oribatei. Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas 4(3): ix 1-42.

Introduction

The family Liacaridae is large and cosmopolitan, with 13 genera and 219 species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2009). Most of the species are placed in the large genus Liacarus, which reaches a high level of diversity in Europe and North America. The family is known from Australia from an unconfirmed record of an unidentified species of "Leiosoma [?]", on leaves of grapevine in Queensland, from Tryon (1889). This record is very questionable, and the specimens on which it is based have apparently been lost (Colloff & Halliday 1998). Stone & Simpson (1990) reported an unidentified species under bark in New South Wales.

General References

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

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.

Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1990. Species associations in Ips grandicollis galleries in Pinus taeda. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 20: 75-96.

Tryon, H. 1889. Report on Insect and Fungus Pests No. 1. Brisbane : Queensland Department of Agriculture 238 pp.

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