Genus Austraturus K.O. Viets, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Austraturus Viets, K.O. 1978. New water mites (Hydrachnellae : Acari) from Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29: 77-92.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Austraturus have been reported from Australia by Proctor (2001) and Boulton et al. (2004).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC) ; NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA) ; Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Tas: Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; 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

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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