The Australian Water Mites: A Guide to Families and GeneraWater mites are a dominant feature of the fauna of all freshwater ecosystems. Over 400 species in 87 genera and 22 families have been recorded in Australia. This book consists of illustrated keys to each family and genus. There are sections on cladistic analysis and classification, biogeographic affinities of the Australian fauna, general biology and morphology. |
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Contents
BIOGEOGRAPHY | |
GENERAL BIOLOGY | |
MORPHOLOGY | |
SUPERFAMILY EYLAOIDEA | |
SUPERFAMILY HYDRACHNOIDEA | |
SUPERFAMILY LEBERTIOIDEA | |
SUPERFAMILY HYGROBATOIDEA | |
SUPERFAMILY ARRENUROIDEA | |
REFERENCES | |
APPENDIX 1 LIST OF AUSTRALIAN HYDRACARINA | |
APPENDIX 2 LIST OF TAXONOMIC CHANGES | |
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Acari Africa Albia Anisitsiellidae apomorphies aquatic Arrenuridae Arrenurus Aturidae Australian genera Australian species Australiobates Australotiphys Austrapiersigia Axonopsella Bader capitulum chelicera claws Cook Figure cosmopolitan coxa Current status Diagnosis Distribution dorsal shield Endemic Eylais families freshwater genital field genital flaps genus Gerecke glandularia gonopore Habitat Halacaridae Holarctic Hydracarina Hydrachna Hydrachnellae Hydrachnidae Hydrodroma Hydryphantes Hydryphantidae Hygrobates Hygrobatidae idiosoma Imamura interstitial junior synonym K.O. Viets Key to Australian Koch Koenike Koenikea larvae Lebertioidea Limnesia Limnesiidae Limnochares Litarachna Lundblad males median eye metatarsus Mideopsidae Monatractides monotypy Müller Neumania numerous Omartacarus original designation pairs of acetabula Papua New Guinea pedipalpal femur pedipalpal tibia Piersig Piona Pionidae Plate platelets Figure plesiomorphic possess posterior Pseudohydryphantes Recifella recognised Redrawn after 1Cook sclerites seta Figure setae Smit Smith and Cook streams Stygolimnochares subfamily subgenera subgenus subsequent designation SUPERFAMILY tarsus tarsus IV Thor Tiramideopsis Type species Unionicola ventral shield Vidrine Viets Figures Wandesia Wassermilben water mites Zealand Zoologischer
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Australian Water Mites: A Guide to Families and Genera Volume 4 of Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy Series |
| Author | MS Harvey |
| Publisher | Csiro Publishing, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0643105883, 9780643105881 |
| Length | 150 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Science / Earth Sciences / Limnology Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates |
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