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  Superfamily Hygrobatoidea

Family Unionicolidae (+ Pionatacidae)

    Genus Koenikea -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Neumania -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Unionicola -- midwestern North America.
    Genus Amazonella
    Genus Pollicipalpus

Taxon Information

The Family Unionicolidae 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

• Unionicolidae: Unionicolinae, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Pionatacinae, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Unionicolidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian; 18 genera worldwide] (Di Sabatino et al., 2008).
• Unionicolidae, [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.
• 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.

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