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Family ERYTHRAEIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy, 1828

  • ERYTHREIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy, A.J.B. 1828. Recherches sur l'organisation vertébrale des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris : Compère 228 pp.

 

Introduction

Incompletely identified species

Balaustium cf. murorum: Southcott, 1976
Balaustium near murorum: Southcott, 1978
Callidosomatinae sp.: Greenslade, 1985
Erythrites sp. near womersleyi: Greenslade & Southcott, 1980
Erythrites sp. nr womersleyi: Welbourn, 1983
Erythrites sp.: Lee & Southcott, 1979
Erythrites sp.: Greenslade, 1985
Grandjeanella sp. 5: Southcott, 1996c
Leptus sp.: Greenslade, 1985
Leptus sp.: Fain, 1991
Pollux sp.: Southcott, 1961
Rainbowia sp.: Lee & Southcott, 1979
Erythraeidae sp. 2: Walter, 1995
Unidentified: Hamilton-Smith, 1967
Unidentified: Springett, 1976
Unidentified (as Brythraeidae, sic): Springett, 1979
Unidentified: Lowry, 1980
Unidentified: Heatwole et al., 1981
Unidentified: Austin, 1993
Unidentified: Walter, 1995
Unidentified: Noble et al., 1996a
Unidentified: Noble et al., 1996b
Unidentified: Frost & Bailey, 1997

 

General References

Austin, A.D. 1993. Nest associates of Clubiona robusta L. Koch (Araneae : Clubionidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 441-446

Fain, A. 1991. Notes on mites parasitic or phoretic on Australian centipedes, spiders and scorpion. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 69-82

Frost, W.E. & Bailey, P. 1997. Identifying Mites on Inland Australian Citrus. A Colour Guide for Growers, Packers and Quarantine Staff. South Australian Research and Development Institute, Adelaide. 8 pp.

Greenslade, P. 1985. Terrestrial invertebrates of the mound spring bores, creek beds and other habitats. pp. 64-77 in Greenslade, J., Joseph, L. & Reeves, A. (eds). South Australia's Mound Springs. Adelaide : Nature Conservation Society of South Australia

Greenslade, P.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1980. Parasitic mites on Sminthurid Collembola in Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 116: 85-87

Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. The Arthropoda of Australian caves. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 103-118

Heatwole, H., Done, T. & Cameron, E. 1981. Community Ecology of a Coral Cay: A study of One-Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The Hague : W. Junk 379 pp.

Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp.

Lowry, J.W.J. 1980. Ecological Relationships of Western Australian Cavernicoles. MSc. Thesis, School of Zoology, University of New South Wales. Vol. 1 367 pp., Vol. 2 204 pp. + appendices

Noble, J.C., Tongway, D.J., Roper, M.M. & Whitford, W.G. 1996b. Fire studies in mallee (Eucalyptus spp.) communities of western New South Wales: spatial and temporal fluxes in soil chemistry and soil biology following prescribed fire. Pacific Conservation Biology 2: 398-413

Noble, J.C., Whitford, W.G. & Kaliszewski, M. 1996a. Soil and litter microarthropod populations from two contrasting ecosystems in semi-arid eastern Australia. Journal of Arid Environments 32: 329-346

Southcott, R.V. 1961. Notes on the genus Caeculisoma (Acarina : Erythraeidae) with comments on the biology of the Erythraeoidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 84: 163-178

Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186

Southcott, R.V. 1978. Australian Harmful Arachnids and Their Allies. Mitcham, South Australia : R. V. Southcott 36 pp.

Southcott, R.V. 1996. On some Australian and other larval Callidosomatinae (Acari: Erythraeidae). International Journal of Acarology 22: 253-278

Springett, J.A. 1976. The effect of planting Pinus pinaster Ait. on populations of soil microarthropods and on litter decomposition at Gnangara, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 1: 83-87

Springett, J.A. 1979. The effects of a single hot summer fire on soil fauna and on litter decomposition in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 4: 279-291

Walter, D.E. 1995. Dancing on the head of a pin: mites in the rainforest canopy. pp. 49-53 in M.S. Harvey (ed.). Australasian Spiders and their Relatives: Papers Honouring Barbara York Main. Records of the Western Australian Museum 52(Supplement)

Welbourn, W.C. 1983. Potential use of Trombidioid and Erythraeoid mites as biological control agents of insect pests. pp. 103-140 in Hoy, M.A., Cunningham, G.L. & Knutson, L. (eds). Biological Control of Pests by Mites. Berkeley : Special Publication, University of California