Genus Malaconothrus Berlese, 1904

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• Malaconothrus Berlese, A. 1904. Acari nuovi. Manipulus III. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 2: 10-32 pls I-II.
• Trimalaconothrus Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria seconda di Acari nuovi. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 12: 125-177.
• Zeanothrus Hammer, M. 1966. Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of New Zealand. Part I. Biologiske Skrifter Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 15(2): 1-108 pls I-XLV.
• Cristonothrus Subias, L.S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia 60 (Supplement): 3–305.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, Ermilov et al. (2015) reported unidentified Malaconothrus from Tasmania, Malipatil & Blyth (1982), Hunt et al. (1998) and Colloff & Halliday (1998) recorded unidentified species of Trimalaconothrus, and Walter (1995) and Colloff & Halliday (1998) recorded unidentified species of Zeanothrus . Osler (1997) and Colloff & Halliday (1998) recorded unidentified species of Malaconothrus under the name Fossonothrus. Colloff & Cameron (2013) reviewed the taxonomy and biogeography of the genus.

General References

Colloff, M.J. & Cameron, S.L. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of the oribatid mite family Malaconothridae (Acari: Oribatida), with new species of Tyrphonothrus and Malaconothrus from Australia. Zootaxa 3681(4): 301-346

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

Ermilov, S., Yurtaev, A.A. & Pešić, V. 2015. Additions to the Tasmanian oribatid mites, with supplementary description of Edwardzetes elongatus Wallwork, 1966 (Acari, Oribatida). Ecologica Montenegrina 2: 98-108.

Hunt, G.S., Colloff, M.J., Dallwitz, M. & Walter, D.E. 1998. An Interactive Key to Oribatid Mites of Australia (CD-ROM). Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing.

Malipatil, M.B. & Blyth, J.D. 1982. A qualitative study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Thomson River and its major tributaries, Gippsland, Victoria. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 1-95

Osler, G.H.R. 1997. Factors Contributing to the Structure of Soil Mite Communities. PhD thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University. 212 pp.

Perdomo, G., Evans, A., Maraun, M., Sunnucks, P. & Thompson, R. 2012. Mouthpart morphology and trophic position of microarthropods from soils and mosses are strongly correlated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 53: 56–63

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)

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