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Family NANORCHESTIDAE Grandjean, 1937

Introduction

Mites in the family Nanorchestidae have often been collected in Australian soils, but they are very small and difficult to identify. For that reason there are many records of unidentified species. Only three species have been described, all in the genus Nanorchestes. Two other genera are represented by unidentified or undescribed species. There has been no general study of the Australian fauna since Womersley (1944). References to unidentified species are listed for each genus, and unidentified Nanorchestidae were also reported by Heatwole et al. (1981) and Callan et al. (2011). Nanorchestidae are fluid-feeders, and one species has been observed to feed on algae (Walter 2009).

 

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
07-May-2013 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
28-Jul-2010 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED