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Family Oxidae

    Genus Frontipoda -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Oxus -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Gnaphiscus -- North America.
    Genus Africoxus

Taxon Information

The Family Oxidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Oxidae, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
  • Oxidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 4 genera worldwide] (Di Sabatino et al., 2008).

Bibliography

  • Smith, I.M., D.R. Cook & B.P. Smith. 2010. Water mites (Hydrachnidiae) and other arachnids. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 485-586.
  • Di Sabatino, A., H. Smit, R. Gerecke, T. Goldschmidt, N. Matsumoto & B. Cicolani. 2008. Global diversity of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia; Arachnida) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 303-315. [Available online]

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