Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Cohort: Astigmata
Subordo: Acaridia
Superfamilia: Hemisarcoptoidea
Familia: Algophagidae
Subfamiliae (2): Algophaginae - Hericiinae
Overview of genera (9)
Algophagopsis – Algophagus – Fusohericia – Hericia – Lamingtonacarus – Neohyadesia – Prohericia – Terraphagus – Thalassophagacarus
Name
Algophagidae Fain, 1974
References
Primary references
Fain, A. 1974: Acariens récoltés par le Dr. J. Travé aux îles subantarctiques I. Families Saproglyphidae et Hyadesidae (Astigmates). Acarologia 16(4): 684–708. PDF Reference page.
Additional references
Fain, A. 1981: Notes on the Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915 and Algophagidae Fain, 1974, nov. tax. (Acari, Astigmata), with a redescription of Hyadesia curassaviensis Viets, 1936 and H. sellai Viets, 1937. Acarologia 22(1): 47–61. PDF Reference page.
Oconnor, B.M.; Moser, J.C. 1985: Phylogenetic relationships of the Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata), with descriptions of a new subfamily, genus, and species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78(6): 783–789. abstract only seen Reference page.
Links
Oconnor, B.M. (coordinator): Algophagidae Species Listing in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED ASTIGMATA OF THE WORLD
Algophagidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are about 5 genera and at least 10 described species in Algophagidae.[1][2]
Genera
These five genera belong to the family Algophagidae:
Algophagus Hughes, 1955
Fusohericia Vitzthum, 1931
Hericia Canestrini, 1888
Neohyadesia Hughes & Goodman, 1969
Terraphagus Clark, 2012
References
"Algophagidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
"Algophagidae Family Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
Further reading
Halliday, R.B.; O'connor, O'B.M.; Baker, A.S. (2000). Raven, P.H. (ed.). "Global diversity of mites". Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press: 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142.
Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
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