Halolaelapidae Karg, 1965

Trach, V. A., 2016, New records of carabid-associated mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Ukraine with description of adults of Halodarcia carabidophila Evans and Fain, 1995 (Halolaelapidae), Acarologia 56 (4), pp. 587-601 : 589

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Halolaelapidae Karg, 1965
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Family Halolaelapidae Karg, 1965 Genus Halodarcia Karg, 1969

Remarks — So far, four species of genus Halodarcia have been described world-wide, three of them from Europe — Halodarcia incideta Karg, 1969 , H. porolata Karg, 1969 , H. carabidophila Evans and Fain, 1995 and H. kargi Nikolsky, 1982 from Asia ( Karg, 1969; Nikolsky, 1982; Evans and Fain, 1995). Adult mites of the genus Halodarcia are free-living in litter and humus in damp or wet situations; deutonymphs, of at least some species, are subelytral phoretics of carabid beetles ( Evans and Fain, 1995).

Evans G. O., Fain A. 1995 - A new phoretic deutonymph of Halodarcia Karg (Acari: Mesostigmata: Halolaelapidae) associated with carabid beetles in Belgium with a review of the genus - Bull. de l'Inst. R. des Scienc. Nat. de Belg., 65: 63 - 71.

Karg W. 1965 - Larvalsystematische und phylogenetische untersuchung sowie revision des systems der Gamasina Leach, 1915 (Acarina, Parasitiformes) - Mitt. aus dem Mus. fur Naturkunde in Berl., 41: 193 - 340. doi: 10.1002 / mmnz. 19650410207

Karg W. 1969 - Untersuchungen zur Kenntnis der Ascaoidea Karg, 1965 (Acarina, Parasitiformes) mit der Beschreibung von acht neuen Arten - Zool. Anz., 182: 393 - 406.

Nikolsky V. V. 1982 - New species of gamasid mites (Gamasoidea, Parasitiformes) - Novye i Maloizvestnye Vidy Fauny Sibiri, 16: 14 - 19. [in Russian with English abstract]