Genus Australiobates Lundblad, 1941

Museums

Regional Maps

• Australiobates Lundblad, O. 1941. Neue Wassermilben. Vorläufige Mitteilung. Entomologisk Tidskrift 62: 97-121.

Introduction

In addition to the species listed here, an unidentified species of Australiobates was reported by Malipatil & Blyth (1982), Proctor (2001), Boulton & Harvey (2003) and Boulton et al (2004).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA) ; Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

General References

Boulton, A., Harvey, M. & Proctor, H. 2004. Of spates and species: responses by interstitial water mites to simulated spates in a subtropical Australian river. Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 149–169

Boulton, A.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2003. Effects of a simulated spate on water mites in the hyporheic zone of an Australian subtropical river. pp. 57–73 in Smith, I.M. An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook (From Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek). West Bloomfield, Michigan : Indira Publishing House.

Malipatil, M.B. & Blyth, J.D. 1982. A qualitative study of the macroinvertebrate fauna of the Thomson River and its major tributaries, Gippsland, Victoria. Reports of the National Museum of Victoria 1: 1-95

Proctor, H.C. 2001. Extracting aquatic mites from stream substrates: a comparison of three methods. Experimental and Applied Acarology 25: 1–11

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