Family URODINYCHIDAE Berlese, 1917

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• Urodinychini Berlese, A. 1917. Intorno agli Uropodidae. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 13: 7-16.

Introduction

The family Urodinychidae as used here includes about 300 species. Hirschmann & Wisniewski (1993) placed almost all the species in the single genus Uroobovella. They arranged the species in a series of species groups, which were previously treated as genera or subgenera. A revised future classification will probably divide the species among about ten genera. The genus Uroobovella was revised by Hirschmann (1989), but many new species have been added since that time. The European species were reviewed by Karg (1989) and Mašán (2001), both of whom list multiple synonyms for the genus name. Species of Uroobovella are found in soil and litter, dung, compost, guano, and the nests of mammals and insects. The deutonymphs are often phoretic on beetles that occur in the same habitats. The Australian fauna includes nine species, but the identity of several of them is questionable, and all are in need of revision.

General References

Hirschmann, W. 1989. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 509. Die Ganggattung Uroobovella Berlese 1903 - Artengruppen - Bestimmungstabellen - Diagnosen - (Dinychini, Uropodinae). Acarologie. Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 36: 84-196

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

Karg, W. 1989. Acari (Acarina), Milben, Unterordnung Parasitiformes (Anactinochaeta). Uropodina Kramer, Schildkrötenmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile 67: 1–203

Mašán, P. 2001. Mites of the Cohort Uropodina (Acarina, Mesostigmata) in Slovakia. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava 223: 1–320

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