Family STIGMOCHEYLIDAE Kethley, 1990

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Regional Maps

• Stigmocheylidae Kethley, J. 1990. Acarina: Prostigmata (Actinedida). pp. 667-756 in Dindal, D.A. (ed.). Soil Biology Guide. New York : John Wiley & Sons.

Introduction

Species in the rare and little-known family Stigmocheylidae are predators that have been collected from soil and litter in Europe, North America, and North Africa (Walter et al. 2009). Only four species are known, in a single genus (Bochkov 2008). The family is represented in Australia by an unidentified species of Stigmocheylus reported by Norton & Kinnear (1999). Bochkov (2008) attributed the family name Stigmocheylidae to Berlese, but this name was not used until Kethley (1990).

General References

Bochkov, A.V. 2008. A review of the mite family Stigmocheylidae Berlese (Acari: Prostigmata). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 58: 311-325

Kethley, J. 1990. Acarina: Prostigmata (Actinedida). pp. 667-756 in Dindal, D.A. (ed.). Soil Biology Guide. New York : John Wiley & Sons.

Norton, R.A. & Kinnear, A. 1999. New Australian records of xerophilic acariform mites (Oribatida and Prostigmata). Australian Entomologist 26: 53-55

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