Family HAPLOZETIDAE Grandjean, 1936
- Haplozetidae Grandjean, F. 1936. Observations sur les oribates (10e série). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 8: 246-253.
Introduction
There has been considerable confusion surrounding the oribatid families Xylobatidae, Protoribatidae and Haplozetidae. Weigmann et al. (1993) pointed out that Xylobates is a junior synonym of Protoribates, so Xylobatidae becomes a junior synonym of Protoribatidae. Protoribatidae is also a junior synonym of Haplozetidae, but Subias (2011) considered Protoribatidae and Haplozetidae to be separate families. The confusion surrounding the classification and naming of these families was reviewed by Colloff & Halliday (1998) and Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009). As used by those authors and by Schatz et al. (2011), the family is very large and cosmopolitan, with 57 genera and 368 species. The Australian fauna includes eight identified species in four genera, and a record of an unidentified species in a further genus. Unidentified species have been recorded from Australia a number of times as listed for each genus, and unidentified Haplozetidae or Protoribatidae were also reported by Springett (1979), Harvey et al. (1993), Walter (1999), Osler & Murphy (2005), Callan et al. (2011), Beyer et al. (2011) and Majer et al. (2013). Callan et al. (2011) also recorded a species identified as Scheloribatidae/Protoribatidae.
Lee (1986) recorded an undescribed species of Totobates from South Australia, as Totobates species 1. Colloff & Halliday (1998) reported that this species does not belong to Totobates, but to another unknown genus.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
HAPLOZETIDAE: Totobates Hammer, 1961 — Hammer, M. 1961. Investigations on the Oribatid fauna of the Andes Mountains. II. Peru. Biologiske Skrifter Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 13(1): 1-157 pls I-XLIII
General References
Beyer, S., Kinnear, A., Hutley, L.B., McGuiness, K. & Gibb, K. 2011. Assessing the relationship between fire and grazing on soil characteristics and mite communities in a semi-arid savanna of northern Australia. Pedobiologia 54: 195–200
Callan, S.K., Majer, J.D., Edwards, K. & Moro, D. 2011. Documenting the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 50: 323–343
Harvey, M.S., Gray, M.R., Hunt, G.S. & Lee, D.C. 1993. The cavernicolous Arachnida and Myriapoda of Cape Range, Western Australia. pp. 129-144 in Humphreys, W.F. The Biogeography of Cape Range Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 45(Supplement)
Majer, J.D., Callan, S.K., Edwards, K., Gunawardene, N.R. & Taylor, C.K. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 13-112.
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.
Osler, G.H.R. & Murphy, D.V. 2005. Oribatid mite species richness and soil organic matter fractions in agriculturall and native vegetation soils in Western Australia. Applied Soil Ecology 29: 93–98
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.
Springett, J.A. 1979. The effects of a single hot summer fire on soil fauna and on litter decomposition in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 4: 279-291
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]
Walter, D.E. 1999. Living on leaves: adaptations of Australian rainforest mites. pp. 73–78 in Needham, G.R., Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J. & Welbourn, W.C. Acarology IX. Volume 2. Symposia. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio Biological Survey.
Weigmann, G., Miko, L. & Nannelli, R. 1993. Redescription of Protoribates dentatus (Berlese, 1883) with remarks about the genus Protoribates (Acarina, Oribatida). Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 76: 39-55
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 20-Sep-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 28-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 28-Jul-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |