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  Superfamily Arrenuroidea

Family Neoacaridae

    Genus Neoacarus -- North America.
    Genus Volsellacarus -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Family Neoacaridae 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

• Neoacaridae, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Neoacaridae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical; 2 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]