Mideopsellinae

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The Mideopsidae is a family of water mites in the superfamily Arrenuroidea. In Australia there are five genera in four subfamilies.

The subfamily Mideopsellinae is represented by two genera in Australia: Tillia (1 sp., WA) and Tiramideopsis (1 sp., WA). Mideopsellines can be differentiated from other mideopsids by their strongly uncate palps in which the palp tarsus is apposed to a ventral protrusion from the palp tibia.

Mideopsellines are found in intersititial and cave habitats.

References

Cook, D.R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 40: 1-568.

Harvey, M.S. 1990. Two new water mite genera from south-western Australia (Acarina: Aturidae, Mideopsidae). Mem. Mus. Vic. 50: 341-346.

Harvey, M.S. 1998. The Australian Water Mites: a Guide to Families and Genera. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.