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Family TRICHTHONIIDAE Lee, 1982

Introduction

The family Trichthoniidae is small, with only three genera and six species world-wide (Schatz et al. 2011). The taxonomic placement and generic content of the family are unresolved. Subias (2011) placed all these genera in the family Cosmochthoniidae, Colloff & Halliday (1998) were unable to place Trichthonius in any superfamily, and Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009) described the family as paraphyletic. Together these taxa have a widespread but very scattered distribution in the Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic Regions, Japan and Australia. The Australian fauna consists of a single identified species from litter and soil in Eucalyptus forest in South Australia, and a further unidentified species, also in the genus Trichthonius.

 

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
07-May-2013 07-Aug-2012 MOVED
07-May-2013 04-Jul-2011 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
07-May-2013 28-Jul-2010 MOVED
08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED