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  Subcohort Hydrachnidiae

Superfamily Eylaoidea (+ Limnocharoidea)

    Family Eylaidae -- midwestern North America.
    Family Limnocharidae -- midwestern North America.
    Family Apheviderulicidae -- North America.
    Family Piersigiidae -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Superfamily Eylaoidea 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

• Eylaoidea, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Eylaoidea, (Lindquist et al., 2009).
• Eylaioidea [sic], [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 176 species worldwide] (Di Sabatino et al., 2008).
• Limnocharae [sic], [North America] (Newell, 1959).

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.
• Lindquist, E.E., G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter. 2009. Classification. [in] G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter(eds.). A Manual of Acarology, 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock: 97-103.
• 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]
• Newell, I.M. 1959. Acari. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1080-1116.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Water Mites of North America
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species