Family PROMEGISTIDAE Kethley, 1977

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• Promegistidae Kethley, J.B. 1977. A review of the higher categories of Trigynaspida (Acari : Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 3: 129-149.

Introduction

The family Promegistidae includes a single species that was described from specimens collected on beetles in New South Wales (Womersley 1958) and subsequently recorded from the forest floor in Queensland (Beaulieu et al. 2010). Some authors have reported that its host beetles are Passalidae and Carabidae (Kim 2004; Lindquist et al. 2009). Womersley (1958) originally placed this species in the family Paramegistidae, but Kethley (1977) described the new family Promegistidae to accommodate this one species. The phylogenetic analysis by Kim (2004) confirmed its status as a separate family.

General References

Beaulieu., F., Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C. & Kitching, R.L. 2010. The canopy starts at 0.5 m: predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) differ between rainforest floor soil and suspended soil at any height. Biotropica 42: 704–709 + supplementary pages 1–13

Kethley, J.B. 1977. A review of the higher categories of Trigynaspida (Acari : Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 3: 129-149

Kim, C.-M. 2004. Trigynaspida (Acari: Mesostigmata): new diagnosis, classification, and phylogeny. Acarologia 44: 157–194

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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