Family PLATYAMERIDAE Balogh & Balogh, 1983

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• Platyameridae Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 1983. Data to the Oribatid fauna of Australia (Acari). II. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 29: 283-301.

Introduction

In the taxonomic concept of Schatz et al. (2011), the Platyameridae is an endemic Australian family that includes one genus and one species. Subias (2011) used a broader concept of the family, to include the Holarctic genus Gymnodampia, which Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009) placed in the Ameridae. The single Australian species has been collected in rainforest litter in Queensland and New South Wales (reviewed 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.

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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