Limnocharidae Explained

Limnocharidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least 4 genera and about 12 described species in Limnocharidae.

Genera

These four genera belong to the family Limnocharidae:

• Austrolimnochares Harvey, 1998
• Limnochares Latreille, 1796
• Rhyncholimnochares Lundblad, 1936
• † Neolimnochares Lundblad, 1937

Further reading

• Book: Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. 2000. Halliday . R. B.. O'connor . O'B. M.. Baker . A. S.. Raven . P. H.. National Academy Press. Global diversity of mites. 192–203. 978-0-309-06555-9. 10.17226/6142.
• Book: A Manual of Acarology. 2009. Krantz . G. W.. Walter . D. E.. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726208.
• A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds. 2012. Skoracki . M.. Zabludovskaya . S.. Bochkov . A. V.. Acarina. 20. 67–107.
• Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. 2011. Zhang . Z.-Q.. Fan . Q.-H.. Pesic . V.. Smit . H.. Bochkov . A.V.. Khaustov . A.A.. Baker . A.. Wohltmann . A.. Wen . T.-H.. Amrine . J.W.. Beron . P.. Lin . J.-Z.. Gabrys . G.. Husband . R.. Zhang . Zhi-Qiang. 4. Zootaxa. 3148. 978-1-86977-849-1.