Family PTOCHACARIDAE Kethley, 1977
Introduction
The Ptochacaridae is an endemic Australian family including one genus and three species of large heavily sclerotised mites associated with ants (Lindquist et al. 2009). They were reviewed by Womersley (1958), and the single genus was placed into a new family by Kethley (1977). Nothing is known of their biology, except that all the specimens have been collected with ants.
General References
Kethley, J.B. 1977. A review of the higher categories of Trigynaspida (Acari : Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 3: 129-149
Lindquist, E.E., Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. pp.124-232 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.
Womersley, H. 1958. Some new or little known Mesostigmata (Acarina) from Australia, New Zealand and Malaya. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 115-130
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