Genus Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966

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• Notophthiracarus Ramsay, G.W. 1966. Three new box-mites (Acari : Oribatei : Phthiracaroidea) from the Brothers, Cook Strait, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Science 9: 901-912.
• Calyptophthiracarus Aoki, J. 1980. A revision of the Oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University 6(2): 1-88.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Notophthiracarus have been reported from Australia by Colloff & Niedbała (1996) and Walter & Behan-Pelletier (1993).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld, Tas: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; WA: Warren (WAR)

General References

Colloff, M.J. & Niedbała, W. 1996. Arboreal and terrestrial habitats of phthiracaroid mites (Oribatida) in Tasmanian rainforests. pp. 607-612 in Mitchell, R., Horn, D.J., Needham, G.R. & Welbourn, C. (eds). Acarology IX. Columbus : Ohio Biological Survey Vol. 1.

Walter, D.E. & Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 1993. Systematics and ecology of Adhaesozetes polyphyllos sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Licneremaeoidea), a leaf-inhabiting mite from Australian rainforests. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71: 1024-1040

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