Chaetodactylidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Chaetodactylidae
Genera: Sennertia – ...
References

Klimov, P.B.; OConnor, B.M. 2007: Ancestral area analysis of chaetodactylid mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), with description of a new early derivative genus and six new species from the Neotropics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100: 810–829. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[810:AAAOCM]2.0.CO;2
Klimov, P.B.; OConnor, B.M. 2008: Morphology, evolution, and host associations of bee-associated mites of the family Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata), with a monographic revision of North American taxa. Miscellaneous publications, (199). Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.

Links

Oconnor, B.M. (coordinator): Chaetodactylidae Species Listing in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED ASTIGMATA OF THE WORLD.

Chaetodactylidae is a family of mites in the order Sarcoptiformes. There are five genera: Sennertia, Chaetodactylus, Achaetodactylus, Centriacarus, and Roubikia.[1][2][3]

Chaetodactylus krombeini female lateral propodosoma showing enlarged supracoxal sclerite. This trait is diagnostic for the family Chaetodactylidae.

Chaetodactylus krombeini female lateral propodosoma showing enlarged supracoxal sclerite. This trait is diagnostic for the family Chaetodactylidae.

References

"Chaetodactylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
"Chaetodactylidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.

Klimov, P.B.; B. OConnor; R. Ochoa; G.R. Bauchan; A.J. Redford; J. Scher (2016). "Achaetodactylus". Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World. Fort Collins, CO: USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program (ITP). Retrieved 2018-08-15.

Further reading

Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
Gaud, Jean; Atyeo, Warren T. (1996). "Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata): the supraspecific taxa". Annales-Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Sciences Zoologiques (Belgium). Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
Norton, Roy A. (1998). "Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)". Experimental & Applied Acarology. Springer. 22: 559–594.
Dabert, Jacek; Mironov, Serge V. (1999). "Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata)". Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Springer: 89–103.

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bugguide.net. Family Chaetodactylidae