Genus Loftacarus Lee, 1981

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loftacarus Lee, D.C. 1981. Sarcoptiformes (Acari) of South Australian soils. 1. Notation. 2. Bifemorata and Ptyctima (Cryptostigmata). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 18: 199-222.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Loftacarus have been reported from Australia by Walter & Proctor (1998), Colloff & Halliday (1998) and Proctor et al. (2002).

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

General References

Colloff, M.J. & Halliday, R.B. 1998. Oribatid Mites: A Catalogue of the Australian Genera and Species. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications.

Proctor, H.C., Montgomery, K.M., Rosen, K.E. & Kitching, R.L. 2002. Are tree trunks habitats or highways? A comparison of oribatid mite assemblages from hoop-pine bark and litter. Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 294–299

Walter, D.E. & Proctor, H.C. 1998. Feeding behaviour and phylogeny: observations on early derivative Acari. Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 39-50

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