Family UROACTINIIDAE Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1964

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• Uroactiniinae Hirschmann, W. & Zirngiebl-Nicol, I. 1964. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 7. Das Gangsystem der Familie Uropodidae (Berlese 1892) Hirschmann and Zirngiebl-Nicol nov. comb. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 6: 1-22 pls 1-5.

Introduction

The family Uroactiniidae as used here includes three genera - Centrouropoda Berlese, 1916 (9 species), Chiropturopoda Sellnick, 1958 (6 species) and Uroactinia (about 50 species) (Hirschmann & Wisniewski, 1993). They are found world-wide in soil and litter, compost, under bark, and in ants' nests. The deutonymphs of some species are phoretic on beetles. The Australian fauna consists of two species of Uroactinia. Both were described by Hirschmann (1990), but both were collected in unusual circumstances. Uroactinia australiensis was collected from Australian commodities intercepted in quarantine in Europe, and is presumably of Australian origin. Uroactinia domrowi is known only from the deutonymphs, which were found in large numbers attached to a lizard in Queensland (Domrow, 1981).

General References

Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria seconda di Acari nuovi. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 12: 125-177

Domrow, R. 1981. A small lizard stifled by phoretic deutonymphal mites (Uropodina). Acarologia 22: 247-252

Hirschmann, W. 1990. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 512. Weltweite Revision der Ganggattung Uroactinia Hirschmann u. Zirngiebl-Nicol 1964 (Uroactiniini, Uroactiinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 37: 1-65

Hirschmann, W. & Wisniewski, J. 1993. Acari Parasitiformes. Supercohors Atrichopygidiina Hirschmann 1975. Die Uropodiden der Erde. Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 40: 1-466

Sellnick, M. 1958. Eine neue Milbe aus Fliedermauskot in einer Höhle Südafrikas (Acarina-Uropodina). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 21: 274–285

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