Chelonotini

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: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Eleutherengona
Superfamilia: Cheyletoidea

Familia: Cheyletidae
Tribus: Chelonotini
Genera: Chelonotus – Muricheyla – Promuricheyla – Thewkachela
Name

Chelonotini Vs.I. Volgin, 1969

Type genus: Chelonotus Berlese, 1893
References

Bochkov, A.V. & A. Fain, 2001: Phylogeny and system of the Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with special reference to their host-parasite associations. Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Entomologie 71: 5–36. Full article: [1].

Ide, G.S.; Kethley, J.B. 1977: Thewkachela ratufi n.g. n.sp., an unusual new cheyletid mite (Cheyletidae: Acariformes) from the giant squirrel, Ratufa, (Sciuridae: Rodenta) in Sabah and Thailand. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 70: 559–562. BUGZ