Cryptognathus

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
Sectio: Raphignathae
Superfamilia: Raphignathoidea

Familia: Cryptognathidae
Genus: Cryptognathus
Species: C. attenuatus – C. cucurbita – C. striatus – C. vulgaris
Name

Cryptognathus Kramer
References

Doğan, S. 2008: A catalogue of cryptognathid mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Cryptognathidae) with the descriptions of a new species of Favognathus Luxton and a newly discovered male of F. amygdalus Doğan and Ayyıldız from Turkey. Journal of natural history, 42: 1665–1686. DOI: 10.1080/00222930802109132
Fan, Q.-H.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2005: Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Fauna of New Zealand, (52)
Luxton, M. 1973: Mites of the genus Cryptognathus from Australia, New Zealand, and Niue Island. Acarologia 15(1): 53–75. full article on BUGZ Reference page.
Luxton, M. 1993: New species of cryptognathid mites from Israel (Acari: Prostigmata: Cryptognathidae). Journal of natural history, 27: 1213–1217. DOI: 10.1080/00222939300770711

Links

Fan, Q.-H. (coordinator): Cryptognathidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog