Family PARAKALUMMATIDAE Grandjean, 1936

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• Parakalummidae Grandjean, F. 1936. Observations sur les oribates (10e série). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 8: 246-253 [original spelling].
• Parakalummatidae Grandjean, F. 1936. Observations sur les oribates (10e série). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 8: 246-253 [emendation].

Introduction

The family Parakalummatidae includes six genera and 47 species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2011). The family is cosmopolitan in forest litter, rotting wood and bracket fungi (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). The Australian fauna includes a single genus and two endemic species, as well as some records of unidentified species, all in the genus Neoribates. The Australian specimens were collected in variety of habitats including Eucalyptus litter, rainforest litter, moss, soil, and rotting wood. The family name Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936 was emended to Parakalummatidae by Pérez-Iñigo (1993), for reasons that are explained by Colloff & Halliday (1998).

General References

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

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.

Pérez-Iñigo, C. 1993. Acari, Oribatida, Poronota. Fauna Iberica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas : Madrid Vol. 3. 320 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.

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