Family TROCHOMETRIDIIDAE Mahunka, 1970
Introduction
The Superfamily Trochometridioidea, Family Trochometridiidae, and genus Trochometridium are known from Australia from a single specimen recorded by Walter et al. (2002) as Trochometridium sp., collected from the bee Lasioglossum eremaea near Alice Springs. The family otherwise consists of a single genus and two species, which are kleptoparasites and fungivores in the nests of ground-nesting bees (Walter et al. 2009).
General References
Walter, D.E., Beard, J.J., Walker, K.L. & Sparks, K. 2002. Of mites and bees: A review of mite-bee associations in Australia and a revision of Raymentia Womersley (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae), with the description of two new species of mites from Lasioglossum (Paraspechodes) spp. (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 128-148
Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2010 | 29-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 19-Jul-2010 | ADDED |