Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Neelides </I>sp.

Neelides sp.

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Family NEELIDAE


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Penelope Greenslade, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Introduction

This is a cosmopolitan family of minute soil-living species. They are very poorly understood, both in Australia and worldwide. Three genera and three species are known and all occur in Australia, although one, Neelides Caroli, 1912, is without described species here. Salmon's (1964) publication of a record of Neelides minutus (Folsom) from Australia, attributing the record to Womersley (1932), is an error, since in this publication Womersley records the species from Ireland only. The Neelidae may be fairly abundant, especially in moist soils.

 

Diagnosis

Characterised by: globular body, ocelli absent, antennae shorter than the head diagonal, mandibular plate present, trichobothria absent, sensory areas on body present.

 

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)
28-Feb-2013 28-Feb-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)