Family PARHYPOCHTHONIIDAE Grandjean, 1932

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• Parhypochthoniidae Grandjean, F. 1932. Au sujet des Palaeacariformes Trägårdh. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4: 411-426.

Introduction

The family Parhypochthoniidae is small, with a single genus and four species (Schatz et al. 2011). Subias (2011) reported nine species, but described six of those as "sp. inq.", indicating uncertain identification. Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009) reported that North American species are common in forest soils, bogs, decaying logs and tree holes. The family is known from Australia only on the basis of an unidentified species of Parhypochthonius, represented by a single nymph collected from mallee soil in Victoria (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.

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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