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A checklist and key to species of Eupodoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Australia and New Zealand and their subantarctic islands

Ting-Kui Qin*

The Eupodoidea are reportedly represented in Australia and New Zealand (including their subantarctic islands) by 5 families, 14 genera, and 67 species (37 not identified to named species), as follows. Eriorhynchidae: Eriorhynchus - 5 species; Eupodidae: Claveupodes - 1, Cocceupodes - 3, Eupodes - 16, Linopodes - 2; Penthaleidae: Chromotydaeus - 1, Halotydeus - 6, Linopenthaloides - 1, and Penthaleus - 6; Penthalodidae: Penthalodes (generic determination need to be confirmed) - 1, Stereotydeus - 11; Rhagidiidae: Coccorhagidia - 3, Poecilophysis - 1, and Rhagidia - 10. A checklist of all the reported species and a key to the 30 named species are provided.

Keywords: Eupodoidea; Prostigmata; Acari; mites; Australia; New Zealand; subantarctic islands; key

(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,

Volume 28, Number 2, June 1998, pp 295-307

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