The family Hypoderidae (Acari) in Australia Alex Fain and Robert domrow Fain, A., & Domrow, R. The family Hypoderidae (Acari) in Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 103 (1), (1978) 1979: 43-46. Mites of the family Hypoderidae are recorded from Australia for the first time: Neottialges (Pelecanectes) evansi Fain from Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus) (Phalacrocoracidae) (Tasmania), N. (P.) tasmaniensis, n. sp., from P. fuscescens (Vieillot) and P. sulcirostris (Brandt) (Tasmania and New South Wales, respectively) , and N. (P. ) plegadicola Fain from Threskiornis spinicollis (Jameson) (Threskiornithidae) (Victoria) . A. Fain, Institut de MSdecine Tropicale Prince Leopold, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium andR. Domrow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Australia 4006; manuscript received 26 July 1977, in revised form 23 January 1978. Hypoderid mites are in general free-living, but the hypopial stage invades the subcutaneous tissues of birds and mammals (Fain and Laurence, 1974) . A few species w^ere listed from birds either of widespread distribution or introduced into Australia (Fain, 1967) , but no specifically Australian material was previously known. We now record three species (of which one is new) taken from birds in south-eastern Australia. Genus NEOTTIALGES Fain Neottialges ¥3iin, 1966: 325. Type-species N. (N.) geopeltae Fain. Subgenus Pelecanectes Fain Pelecanectes Fain, 1966: 326. Type-species A/^. (P.) evansi Fain. Key to Australian species oi Neottialges 1 . Genital sclerite either complete or represented only by anterior half. Setae c?4 very long 2 Genital sclerite interrupted at mid-length. Setae c?4 short tasmaniensis, n. sp. 2. Genital sclerite complete evansi Fain Genital sclerite represented only by anterior half plegadicola Fain Neottialges (Pelecanectes) evansi Fain N. (P.) evansi Fain, 1966: 327; 1967: 88; 6erny, 1969: 272; Pence, 1972: 435; Schwan and Sileo, 1978: 522. P. evansi (Fain) : Fain and Beaucournu, 1972: 374. Material. Many hypopial specimens from "subcutaneous nodule", black cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus) (Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae), near Scottsdale, Tasmania iii. 1977, R. W. Mason. In authors' institutes. Notes. The only previous records were from various cormorants, Phalacrocorax spp., in England, France, Kenya, Cuba and the U.S.A. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 103 (1), (1978) 1979
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