Cook, D.R. 1976. Water mite genera and subgenera. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 21: 1-860.

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

Harvey, M.S. 1998. The Australian water mites: a guide to families and genera. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.

Walter, D.E. and H.C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: ecology, evolution and behaviour. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, New South Wales.