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Family TORRENTICOLIDAE Piersig, 1902

Introduction

The Torrenticolidae is a small family of water mites that are found in springs and streams world-wide (Walter et al. 2009). The adults are presumably predators, and the larvae, where known, are parasites of Chironomidae. The Australian fauna includes two species of Monatractides which were described by Cook (1986), catalogued by Viets (1987), reviewed by Harvey (1998), and revised by Pešić & Smit (2011). The single unconfirmed record of Torrenticola may be based on a misidentification. The generic and subgeneric classification of the family has been subject to extensive revision, and I have not attempted to place the Australian species in subgenera.

 

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
29-Jul-2010 29-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 09-Jul-2010 ADDED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED