Chyzeriidae

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: Anystina
Hypordo: Parasitengona
Subcohort: Trombidiina
Superfamilia: Chyzerioidea
Familia: Chyzeriidae
Subfamiliae: Chyzeriinae - Pteridopodinae - Ralphaudyaninae
[list of subfamiliae after Saboori, Zhang & Nemati (2005)]
Overview of genera

Chyzeria – Cretessenia – Gryllochyzeria – Napassenia – Nothotrombicula – Parawenhoekia – Perumaropta – Pteridopus – Ralphaudyna

[list of genera after Saboori, Zhang & Nemati (2005)]
Name

Chyzeriidae Womersley, 1954
Synonyms

Pteridopodidae Southcott, 1987
Ralphaudyanidae Southcott, 1987
Perumaroptidae Haitlinger, 1999

References

Haitlinger, R. 1999: Three new species of larval Chyzeriidae associated with Orthoptera (Insecta) from Cyprus, Crete and Peru, with description of the new subfamily Perumaroptinae and three new genera Napassenia, Cretessenia and Perumaropta (Acari: Prostigmata). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 131: 3–13.
Saboori, A.; Zhang, Z.-Q.; Nemati, A. 2005: A new genus and species of larval Chyzeriidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Chyzeroidea) from Iran. International journal of acarology, 31: 51–56. DOI: 10.1080/01647950508684416
Southcott, R.V. 1982: Observations on Chyzeria Canestrini and some related genera (Acarina: Trombidioidea) with remarks on the classification of the superfamily and description of a pygmephorid mite phoretic on Chyzeria. Records of the South Australian Museum, 18: 285–326. PDF
Southcott, R.V. 1987: The classification of the mite families Trombellidae and Johnstonianidae and related groups, with the description of a new larva (Acarina: Trombellidae: Nothotrombidium) from North America. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 111: 25–42. PDF
Welbourn, W.C. 1991: Phylogenetic studies of the terrestrial Parasitengona. Pp. 163–170 in Dusbabek, F.; Bukva, V. (eds.) Modern acarology, Vol. 2 . Academia, Prague, and SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague.
Zhang, Z.-Q.; Saboori, A. 1995: A new record of the little known genus Ralphaudyna (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Iran, with description of a new species. International journal of acarology, 21: 11–15. DOI: 10.1080/01647959508684037

Links

Welbourn, C. (coordinator): Chyzeriidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog