Family NEOTRICHOZETIDAE Balogh, 1965

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• Neotrichozetidae Balogh, J. 1965. A synopsis of the world oribatid (Acari) genera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 11: 5-99.

Introduction

The family Neotrichozetidae includes a single genus and either one or two species, from Argentina, New Zealand and Australia (Schatz et al. 2011; Subias 2011). They are found in grass and on trees, including Nothofagus (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). The original Australian record of Neotrichozetes spinulosa associated with ants (Banks 1916) must be considered as unconfirmed. Unidentified species of Neotrichozetes have been recorded from Australia a number of times (Colloff & Halliday 1998), and unidentified Neotrichozetidae were also reported by Malipatil & Blyth (1982).

General References

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

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

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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