Family OMARTACARIDAE Cook, 1963
Introduction
The Omartacaridae is a small family of two genera of water mites that occur in interstitial water in gravel and sand in the Americas, India, and Australia (Cook 1986; Harvey 1998; Walter et al. 2009). Five species in a single genus are known from Australia. No new species have been added since the fauna was catalogued by Viets (1987), but further undescribed species are known to exist (Harvey 1998). Nothing is known of their biology.
General References
Cook, D.R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1-568
Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |