Rb. Halliday, FIRST RECORD OF THE FAMILY OTOPHEIDOMENIDAE (ACARINA, MESOSTIGMATA) IN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF NABISEIUS-MELINAE SP-N, Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 33, 1994, pp. 347-350
The family Otopheidomenidae is recorded from Australia for the first t
ime on the basis of Nabiseius melinae sp.n., collected from Creontiade
s sp. (Hemiptera: Miridae), on which it is presumed to be parasitic. A
checklist of the family Otopheidomenidae is provided.