Histiostomatidae

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Histiostomatidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Sarraceniopus gibsoni 1.jpg
Ventral view of , the pitcher plant mite, which is found within the pitcher leaves of Sarracenia purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Order:
Sarcoptiformes
(unranked):
Astigmatina
Superfamily:
Family:
Histiostomatidae

Berlese, 1897

Histiostomatidae is a family of astigmatid mites and branches basically in a phylogenetic tree of the Astigmata.[1]

Description[]

These mites are characterized by a very small size (about 600–900 µm in length) and a close association to arthropodes, mainly insects. A morphologically specialized instar, the deutonymph (earlier "hypopus"), is adapted to attach e.g. insects for a phoretic transport from one habitat to another. The mites use different insect groups as phoretic carriers[2][3] such as beetles, flies and Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps). In all species, the of the chelicera is reduced to small rests, and the distal pedipalp article is connected to a more or less complex membranous structure. These mouthpart modifications form an organ to feed bacteria.[4]

Habitats are colonized by the mites such as animal dung, compost,[2] waterfilled treeholes or the fluids of Nepenthes and Sarracenia - pitcher plants.[5]

Genera[]

The family contains the following genera:[6]

  • G. S. Ide & S. Mahunka, 1978
  • Fain, 1976
  • Fain & J. A. Santiago-Blay, 1993
  • Vitzthum, 1927
  • Dujardin, 1842
  • M. G. H. Bongers, B. M. OConnor & F. S. Lukoschus, 1985
  • Fain & Zumpt, 1974
  • Fain, 1976
  • Fain & A. M. Camerik, 1978
  • Mahunka, 1976
  • Oudemans, 1931
  • Mahunka, 1974
  • Fain, 1974
  • Womersley, 1942
  • S. Mahunka, 1978
  • Mahunka, 1976
  • Oudemans, 1932
  • Fain, 1974
  • Mahunka, 1973
  • Mahunka, 1973
  • Glyphanoetus Oudemans, 1929
  • Histiostoma Kramer, 1876
  • Fain, 1980
  • Mahunka, 1963
  • Sevastyanov, 1973
  • Mahunka, 1976
  • Fain, 1970
  • Southcott, 1972
  • Oudemans, 1929
  • Oudemans, 1929
  • Fashing, 2002
  • Fain & Zumpt, 1974
  • Fain & J. L. van Goethem, 1985
  • Mahunka, 1976
  • Mahunka, 1963
  • Fain & G. Rack, 1987
  • Radford, 1950
  • Fain & Beaucournu, 1974
  • S. Mahunka, 1978
  • Mahunka, 1967
  • Scheucher in Stammer, 1957
  • K. Samsinak, 1989
  • N. J. Fashing & B. M. OConnor, 1984
  • Mahunka, 1969
  • Fain, 1974
  • Mahunka, 1969
  • Oudemans, 1929
  • Mahunka, 1976
  • Scheucher in Stammer, 1957
  • S. Mahunka & L. Mahunka-Papp, 1991
  • Mahunka, 1972
  • Fain, 1980
  • Mahunka, 1973
  • Fain & M. J. Colloff, 1990
  • Mahunka, 1969
  • Oudemans, 1924

References[]

  1. ^ B. M. OConnor (1981). A systematic revision of the family-group taxa in the non-psoroptid Astigmata (Acari, Acariformes) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Michigan.
  2. ^ a b R. Scheucher (1957). "Systematik und Ökologie der deutschen Anoetinen". Beiträge zur Systematik und Ökologie mitteleuropäischer Acarina (in German). 1: 233–384.
  3. ^ R. D. Hughes & C. G. Jackson (1958). "A review of the Anoetidae (Acari)". . 9: 5–198.
  4. ^ Stefan Wirth (2004). Phylogeny, biology and character transformations of the Histiostomatidae (Acari, Astigmata) (Ph.D. thesis). Freie Universität Berlin.
  5. ^ Norman J. Fashing (2002). "Nepenthacarus, a new genus of Histiostomatidae (Acari) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce in Far North Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Entomology. 41: 2–11.
  6. ^ "Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897". Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 16, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

Videos[]

[1] Histiostomatidae-Mites: Mouthparts and Feeding von [2] Mites of the Histiostomatidae von

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