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Family SELLNICKIIDAE Balogh & Balogh, 1984

Introduction

The family Sellnickiidae includes a single genus and either one or two species that occur in New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia (Subias 2011). The family has sometimes been considered as a synonym of Oribatulidae, but is here treated as a valid family following Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009) and Schatz et al. (2011). The Australian fauna includes a single identified species that has been recorded from flowers and leaves in New South Wales and Queensland. Colloff & Halliday (1998) suggested that this is an arboreal species, and reviewed its nomenclatural history. There are also several records of unidentified specimens of Sellnickia from Australia.

 

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
10-Jan-2012 ADDED