Family MOCHLOZETIDAE Grandjean, 1960

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• Mochlozetidae Grandjean, F. 1960. Les Mochlozetidae n. fam. (Oribates). Acarologia 2: 101-148.

Introduction

The family Mochlozetidae includes ten genera and 63 species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2011). The family is tropical and subtropical in distribution, but reaches its highest level of diversity in the Neotropical Region (data from Subias 2011). Most species appear to feed on fungi, but at least one species has been reported to feed on plant material (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). Hunt et al. (1998) reported two unidentified species of Mochlozetidae collected from tree trunks in Queensland, but they cannot be placed in a known genus (Colloff & Halliday 1998).

General References

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

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.

Norton, R.A. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. pp. 430–564 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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.

Subias, L.S February 2011. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) del mundo (excepto fósiles). Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. http://www.ucm.es/info/zoo/Artropodos/Catalogo.pdf [date of access 1 October 2011]

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