Echimyopodidae

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: Glycyphagoidea
Familia: Echimyopodidae
Genera: Blomia – Echimyopus – Marsupiopus – Oryzomyopus
Name

Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967
Synonyms

Marsupiopinae Fain, 1968

References
Links

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

Echimyopodidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are at least two genera and two described species in Echimyopodidae.[1]
Genera

Blomia
Marsupiopus

References

"Browse Echimyopodidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.

Further reading

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.
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.