Family TEGEOCRANELLIDAE Balogh, 1988

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• Tegeocranellidae Balogh P. in Balogh, J. & Balogh P. 1988. Oribatid Mites of the Neotropical Region. Volume I, 335 pp., Volume II, 333 pp.

Introduction

In the classification of Schatz et al. (2011), the family Tegeocranellidae includes a single genus with 17 species. The data summarised by Subias (2004, 2011) show that the genus is cosmopolitan. Most species have been collected in semi-aquatic habitats, such as swamps and temporary pools (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). Two species are known from Australia, both collected from rainforest litter in northern New South Wales. Balogh & Balogh (1988) and Balogh & Balogh (1992) show the authorship of the family name Tegeocranellidae as P. Balogh, 1987. However, I have been unable to locate this publication, or indeed any publication by P. Balogh in 1987. The earliest use of the name appears to be that in Balogh & Balogh (1988), so I here regard the authorship of the name as Tegeocranellidae P. Balogh in Balogh & Balogh (1988). The same conclusion was reached by Behan-Pelletier (1997).

General References

Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World. Hungarian Natural History Museum : Budapest Vol. I pp. 1-263 Vol. II pp. 1-375.

Balogh, J. & Balogh P. 1988. Oribatid Mites of the Neotropical Region. Volume I, 335 pp., volume II, 333 pp.

Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 1997. The semiaquatic genus Tegeocranellus (Acari: Oribatida: Ameronothroidea) of North and Central America. The Canadian Entomologist 129: 537-577

Norton, R.A. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. pp. 430–564 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Schatz, H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., OConnor, B.M. & Norton, R.A. 2011. Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. pp. 141–148 in Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness. Auckland : Magnolia Press.

Subias, L.S February 2011. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes: Oribatida) del mundo (excepto fósiles). Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. http://www.ucm.es/info/zoo/Artropodos/Catalogo.pdf [date of access 1 October 2011]

Subias, L.S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia 60 (Supplement): 3–305

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