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Family RHYNCHORIBATIDAE Balogh, 1961

Introduction

In the classification of Schatz et al. (2011), the family Rhynchoribatidae includes two genera and 29 species world-wide. Most species occur in Africa and South America, with scattered records from southern Asia (Subias 2004, 2011). The Australian fauna is very poorly known, with only an isolated record of an unidentified species, originally reported from soil in New South Wales by Osler (1997), and reviewed by Hunt et al. (1998) and Colloff & Halliday (1998). The chelicerae of Rhynchoribatidae are elongate and edentate, suggesting that they are probably predatory.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
07-May-2013 04-Jul-2011 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)