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Nematalycidae

NEMATALYCIDAE Strenzke, 1954

Nematalycus Strenzke, 1954: 638-647

Type species: Nematalycus nematoides Strenzke, 1954  – France, North Africa in interstitial sand; Nematalycus spp. Western Australia

Cunliffea Schubart 1973

Type species: Nematalycus strenzkei Schubart – Oklahoma in pasture soil

Gordialycus Coineau, Fize & Deboutteville 1967

Type species: Gordialycus tuzetae Coineau, Fize & Deboutteville 1967 – Mauritius, Nambia, South Africa, Venezuela, Cuba, France, Turkmenistan, New Caledonia, Western Australia

Psammolychus Schubart 1973

Type species: Psammolychus delamarei Schubart 1973- Brazil in deep sand

 

DIAGNOSIS.  Elongate to worm-like endeostigmatans without prodorsal trichobothria and usually with only a single, unpaired internal vertical seta.

References

 

Cunliffe F.  1956.  A new species of Nematalycus Strenzke with notes on the family (Acarina, Nematalycidae).  Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 58: 353-355.

Kethley JB.  1982.  Nematalycoidea.  p. 122, In: Parker SP (ed.)  Synopsis and classification of living organisms.  McGraw-Hill, NY.

Kethley JB.  1990.  Acarina: Prostigmata (Actinedida).  pp. 667-756, In: DL Dindal (ed), Soil Biology Guide.  John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane.