Family PLASMOBATIDAE Grandjean, 1961

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• Plasmobatidae Grandjean, F. 1961. Les Plasmobatidae n. fam. (Oribates). Acarologia 3: 96-129.

Introduction

The Plasmobatidae is a small family, with three genera and 19 known species (Schatz et al. 2011). The diversity of the family is highest in the Neotropical Region, but the family also occurs in Africa and Asia (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009; Subias 2004, 2011). The Australian fauna comprises a single endemic species described from rainforest leaf litter in Queensland (Hunt 1994), but some species in other countries have been found to be arboreal.

General References

Hunt, G.S. 1994. Solenozetes gallonae sp. nov., first record of the Plasmobatidae in Australia (Acari: Oribatida). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 129-134

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]

Subias, L.S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia 60 (Supplement): 3–305

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