Family OPPIIDAE Sellnick, 1937
Introduction
The Oppiidae is the largest family of Oribatid mites, with about 140 genera and over 1000 species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2011). The most important recent taxonomic studies of the family are by Subias & Arillo (2001) and Woas (2002). The family is diverse and abundant in all biogeographic regions. The Australian fauna includes 23 genera and 38 species, and many more species remain to be recognised and described. Eight of the recorded genera are known only from unidentified species. Unidentified species have been recorded from Australia a number of times for the other genera, and unidentified Oppiidae were also reported by Stone & Simpson (1990), Harvey et al. (1993), Walter (1995, 1999), Longstaff et al. (1999), Osler & Beattie (2001), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Adolphson & Kinnear (2008) and Beyer et al. (2011).
Drepanoppia koki Mahunka, 1993 was described from Tanzania. Balogh & Balogh (2002) incorrectly recorded it from Tasmania.
Excluded Taxa
- Other Excluded
OPPIIDAE: Drepanoppia koki Mahunka, 1993 — Mahunka, S. 1993. A new series of publication on new or little known oribatid taxa from Africa (Acari), 1. Acta Zoologica Hungarica 39: 91–119
General References
Adolphson, H. & Kinnear, A. 2008. Acari (mite) assemblages under plantations of bluegum, Eucalyptus globulus, in southwestern Australia. Pedobiologia 51: 427–437
Beyer, S., Kinnear, A., Hutley, L.B., McGuiness, K. & Gibb, K. 2011. Assessing the relationship between fire and grazing on soil characteristics and mite communities in a semi-arid savanna of northern Australia. Pedobiologia 54: 195–200
Harvey, M.S., Gray, M.R., Hunt, G.S. & Lee, D.C. 1993. The cavernicolous Arachnida and Myriapoda of Cape Range, Western Australia. pp. 129-144 in Humphreys, W.F. The Biogeography of Cape Range Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 45(Supplement)
Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82
Osler, G.H.R. & Beattie, A.J. 2001. Contribution of oribatid and mesostigmatid soil mites in ecologically based estimates of global species richness. Austral Ecology 26: 70–79
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.
Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1990. Species associations in Ips grandicollis galleries in Pinus taeda. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 20: 75-96.
Walter, D.E. 1995. Dancing on the head of a pin: mites in the rainforest canopy. pp. 49-53 in M.S. Harvey (ed.). Australasian Spiders and their Relatives: Papers Honouring Barbara York Main. Records of the Western Australian Museum 52(Supplement)
Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.
Woas, S. 2002. Acari: Oribatida. pp. 21–291 in Adis, J. Amazonian Arachnida and Myriapoda. Sofia : Pensoft.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 28-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 28-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |