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  Subcohort Stygothrombiae

Superfamily Stygothrombioidea (+ Stygothrombidioidea)

    Family Stygothrombidiidae -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Superfamily Stygothrombioidea has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Stygothrombidioidea, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Stygothrombidioidea, (Lindquist et al., 2009).
• Stygothrombioidea, [Palearctic, Nearctic; 10 species 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.
• 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]

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