Systematic and Applied Acarology 2003

Systematic & Applied Acarology
ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996

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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2003) 8, 107-130
A review of the family Barbutiidae (Acari: Raphignathoidea), with the description of two new species from Australia

QING-HAI FAN ¹, DAVID E. WALTER ² & HEATHER C. PROCTOR ³
^{1 College of
Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002,
China; qhfan@pub2.fz.fj.cn
^{2 Department of
Zoology and Entomology & CRC for Tropical Plant Protection, The University
of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia; E-mail:
D.Walter@mailbox.uq.edu.au
^{3 Australian
School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld 4111,
Australia; current address: Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Alberta, Canada; E-mail: hproctor@ualberta.ca

Abstract

The poorly known family Barbutiidae is one
of the most mysterious groups in the Prostigmata. We review the family at the
world level, synonymize the genus Namibarbutia with Molothrognathus
of the family Caligonellidae, describe the first Australian representatives of
the family, Barbutia australia sp. nov. and B. longinqua sp.
nov., provide diagnostic characters, habitats and distributions for each
of the four known species, and give a key to all species.

Key words: Acari,
Barbutiidae, Barbutia, new species, Australia

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