Family TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE Willmann, 1931

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• Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, C. 1931. Oribatei (Acari), gesammelt von der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 9: 240-305.

Introduction

The family Trhypochthoniidae includes nine genera and 65 species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2011). Some species are very widespread, but the family is most diverse in the Oriental Region (Subias 2011). They are found in wet habitats, including peat bogs, streams, and springs, and can be found immersed in water, where they appear to be microbial feeders (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009). The Australian fauna includes one species in each of four genera, as well as some records of unidentified species (Malipatil & Blyth 1982). Colloff & Halliday (1998) clarified the taxonomic and nomenclatural uncertainty surrounding some of these species.

General References

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications.

Malipatil, M.B. & Blyth, J.D. 1982. A qualitative study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Thomson River and its major tributaries, Gippsland, Victoria. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 1-95

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]

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