Family SMARIDIDAE Kramer, 1878
Introduction
Adult Smarididae are predators that feed on small invertebrates in leaf litter and grassland. Their larvae are parasites that attack a wide range of insects. The little available information on their biology was reviewed by Walter et al. (2009). The most substantial single work on the systematics of the family is by Southcott (1963). Southcott (1995) highlighted the problems involved in correlating the larvae and adults. The Australian fauna includes 13 species in four genera, and the most recent work on the fauna was by Southcott (1997). Unidentified species have been recorded from Australia a number of times as listed for each genus, and unidentified Smarididae were also reported by Noble et al. (1996), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Adolphson & Kinnear (2008), Callan et al. (2011), Beyer et al. (2011) and Majer et al. (2013). The world-wide fauna was catalogued by Mąkol & Wohltmann (2012).
General References
Adolphson, H. & Kinnear, A. 2008. Acari (mite) assemblages under plantations of bluegum, Eucalyptus globulus, in southwestern Australia. Pedobiologia 51: 427–437
Beyer, S., Kinnear, A., Hutley, L.B., McGuiness, K. & Gibb, K. 2011. Assessing the relationship between fire and grazing on soil characteristics and mite communities in a semi-arid savanna of northern Australia. Pedobiologia 54: 195–200
Callan, S.K., Majer, J.D., Edwards, K. & Moro, D. 2011. Documenting the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 50: 323–343
Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82
Majer, J.D., Callan, S.K., Edwards, K., Gunawardene, N.R. & Taylor, C.K. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 13-112.
Mąkol, J. & Wohltmann, A. 2012. An annotated checklist of terrestrial Parasitengona (Actinotrichida: Prostigmata) of the world, excluding Trombiculidae and Walchiidae. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 62: 359–562
Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346
Proctor, H., Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Wardell-Johnson, G. & Reis, T. 2011. Rainforest-restoration success as judged by assemblages of soil- and litter-dwelling mites (Arachnida: Acari). Zoosymposia 6: 234–254
Southcott, R.V. 1963. The Smarididae (Acarina) of north and central America and some other countries. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 86: 159-245
Southcott, R.V. 1995. A new larval smaridid mite (Acarina: Smarididae) from Costa Rica. Acarologia 36: 57–64
Southcott, R.V. 1997. Description of two new larval Smarididae (Acarina) from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30: 1-12
Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 21-Jan-2017 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 09-Jul-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |