Family SUIDASIIDAE Hughes, 1948

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• Suidasinae Hughes, A.M. 1948. A new Tyroglyphid mite, Suidasia nesbitti, sp. n. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118: 543-552.

Introduction

The family Suidasiidae includes five genera and 18 species world-wide. Most species are found in birds' nests, but some occur in domestic habitats such as stored food and house dust. Some species of Suidasia have been implicated as a cause of allergy and dermatitis in humans (Hughes 1976; OConnor 2009). The Australian fauna includes four species in three genera, which have been found in stored food, insect cultures, and house dust, and phoretic on beetles in the family Trogidae. The common stored food species may be recognised by their wrinkled and ornamented cuticle. The family has sometimes been referred to as Sapracaridae.

General References

Hughes, A.M. 1976. The Mites of Stored Food and Houses. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Technical Bulletin. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office Vol. 9 400 pp.

OConnor, B.M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. pp. 565–657 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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