Genus Xenoseius Lindquist & Evans, 1965

Museums

Regional Maps

• Xenoseius Lindquist, E.E. & Evans, G.O. 1965. Taxonomic concepts in the Ascidae, with a modified setal nomenclature for the idiosoma of the Gamasina (Acarina : Mesostigmata). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 47: 1-64.

Introduction

In addition to the named species listed here, unidentified species of Xenoseius have been reported from Australia by Beaulieu et al. (2010) and Beaulieu (2012).

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

General References

Beaulieu, F. 2012. Saproxyly in predatory mites? Mesostigmata in decaying log habitats versus litter in a wet eucalypt forest, Tasmania, Australia. International Journal of Acarology 38: 313–323

Beaulieu., F., Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C. & Kitching, R.L. 2010. The canopy starts at 0.5 m: predatory mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) differ between rainforest floor soil and suspended soil at any height. Biotropica 42: 704–709 + supplementary pages 1–13

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