Phthiracaridae Niedbała & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz, 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Niedbała, Wojciech
name: Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz, Anetta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae

description: Phthiracaridae:
Plonaphacarus paravicinus sp. nov. Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Arphthicarus donnabuangensis sp. nov.
Distribution: endemic; Australia, Victoria.
Arphthicarus sassafrasensis sp. nov.
Distribution: endemic; Australia, Victoria.
Atropacarus (Atropacarus) striculus (C.L. Koch, 1836)
Distribution: semicosmopolitan; in Australasia: Hawaii and Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Austrophthiracarus aculeatus Niedbała et Colloff, 1997
Distribution: Australasian; in Australasia: New Caledonia and Australia: New South Wales, Tasmania; new for
Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus baloghi Niedbała, 1987
Distribution: Australian; New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Austrophthiracarus kochi (Niedbała, 1987)
Distribution: endemic; Australia, Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus konwerskii Niedbała, 2012
Distribution: Australian; New South Wales; new for Victoria. Austrophthiracarus lamingtoni Niedbała, 2000
Distribution: Australian; Queensland, New South Wales; new for Victoria. Austrophthiracarus lunatus sp. nov.
Distribution: endemic; Australia, Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus mutabilis Niedbała et Colloff, 1997
Distribution: Australian; Victoria, Tasmania.
Austrophthiracarus paralamingtoni sp. nov.
Distribution: endemic; Australia, Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus parapilosus Niedbała, 2006
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus perpropinquus Niedbała et Colloff, 1997
Distribution: Australian; Tasmania; new for Victoria. Austrophthiracarus scopoli (Niedbała 1987)
Distribution: Australian; New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Austrophthiracarus sellnicki (Niedbała 1987)
Distribution: Australian; Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania. Austrophthiracarus warburtonensis Niedbała, 2006
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Austrophthiracarus willmanni Niedbała 1987
Distribution: Australian; Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Notophthiracarus abstemius Niedbała et Colloff, 1997
Distribution: Australian; Tasmania; new for Victoria. Notophthiracarus bonangensis Niedbała, 2006
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Notophthiracarus calugari Niedbała, 1987
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Notophthiracarus capillatus Niedbała, 1989
Distribution: Australian; New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. Notophthiracarus comparativus Niedbała et Colloff, 1997
Distribution: Australian; Victoria, Tasmania.
Notophthiracarus hallidayi Niedbała, 2012
Distribution: Australian; New South Wales, Victoria. Notophthiracarus leei Niedbała 1987
Distribution: Australian; Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria. Notophthiracarus otwayensis sp. nov.
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria,
Notophthiracarus pararavidus Niedbała, 2006
Distribution: indigenous; Australia, Victoria.
Notophthiracarus quietus Niedbała, 1989
Distribution: Australasian; Australasia: Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia: Queensland, New
South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.
Notophthiracarus rotoitiensis Niedbała, 2006
Distribution: Australasian; Australasia: New Zealand and Australia: Tasmania; new for Victoria.
Up to now, 53 species have been known from Victoria (Niedbała 2012). In the newly examined material 37 species were found. Among them 23 species have been already known to occur in Victoria, 14 have been recorded for the first time from this region, whereas seven of them are new to science.
A genus new for Victoria Arphthicarus was represented by two new species A. donnabuangensis sp. nov. and A. sassafrasensis sp. nov..
A list of all new localities from different areas of Victoria and the species found with the number of specimens is presented in the Appendix.
description: Published as part of Niedbała, Wojciech & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz, Anetta, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Victoria (Australia), pp. 47-85 in Zootaxa 4344 (1) on pages 48-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1042261