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Family LIMNESIIDAE Thor, 1900

Introduction

The Limnesiidae is a large and diverse family of water mites that are found in streams, ponds and lakes world-wide. The boundaries of the family and its constituent subfamilies are not clearly defined, and future research will probably show that it is not monophyletic (Harvey 1998; Walter et al. 2009). Where they are known, the larvae are parasites of aquatic flies. The Australian fauna includes 31 species in five genera, most of which are endemic. The largest single work on Australian water mites is by Cook (1986), the world fauna was catalogued by Viets (1987), and the Australian fauna was reviewed by Harvey (1998). Unidentified species have been recorded from Australia a number of times as listed for each genus, and unidentified Limnesiidae were also reported by Malipatil & Blyth (1982).

 

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)
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