Genus Gamasellodes Athias-Henriot, 1961

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• Gamasellodes Athias-Henriot, C. 1961. Mésostigmates (Urop. excl.) édaphiques Méditerranéens (Acaromorpha, Anactinotrichida) (collect. Prof. H. Franz et C. Athais-Henriot). Première Série. Acarologia 3: 381-509.

Introduction

Beaulieu & Weeks (2007) reviewed the state of knowledge and ecological significance of this group in Australia. In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Gamasellodes have been reported from Australia by Stone & Simpson (1990), Kinnear & Tongway (2004), Proctor et al. (2011), Manwaring et al. (2015) and Walter & Stirling (2018).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

General References

Beaulieu, F. & Weeks, A.R. 2007. Free-living mesostigmatic mites in Australia: their roles in biological control and bioindication. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47: 460–478

Kinnear, A. & Tongway, D. 2004. Grazing impacts on soil mites of semi-arid chenopod shrublands in Western Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 56: 63–82

Manwaring, M., Walter, D. & Stirling, G.R. 2015. Microarthropoda as predators of nematode pests in sugarcane soils: Literature review and preliminary studies. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 37: 212-217.

Proctor, H., Kanowski, J., Catterall, C.P., Wardell-Johnson, G. & Reis, T. 2011. Rainforest-restoration success as judged by assemblages of soil- and litter-dwelling mites (Arachnida: Acari). Zoosymposia 6: 234–254

Stone, C. & Simpson, J.A. 1990. Species associations in Ips grandicollis galleries in Pinus taeda. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 20: 75-96.

Walter, D.E. & Stirling, G.R. 2018. Microarthropods in Australian sugarcane soils: A survey with emphasis on the Mesostigmata as potential regulators of nematode populations. Acarologia 58: 673-682.

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