Enarthronota

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
Subordo: Enarthronota
Superfamiliae: Atopochthonioidea - Brachychthonioidea - Cosmochthonioidea - Hypochthonioidea - Protoplophoroidea
Overview of familiae

Nanohystricidae Psammochthoniidae ...
References

Norton, R.A. & Fuangarworn, M. 2015. Nanohystricidae n. fam., an unusual, plesiomorphic enarthronote mite family endemic to New Zealand (Acari, Oribatida). Zootaxa 4027(2): 151–204. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Subías, L.S. 2004: Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia, 60(extra. 1): 3–305.

Links

Subías, L.S.: LISTADO SISTEMÁTICO, SINONÍMICO Y BIOGEOGRÁFICO DE LOS ÁCAROS ORIBÁTIDOS (ACARIFORMES: ORIBATIDA) DEL MUNDO (Excepto fósiles) Version: April 2009

Enarthronota is a suborder of mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 14 families and more than 450 described species in Enarthronota.[1][2]
Families

These 14 families belong to the suborder Enarthronota:

Arborichthoniidae J. & P. Balogh, 1992
Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949
Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947 (cosmochthoniids)
Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947
Haplochthoniidae Hammen, 1959
Heterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1954
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910
Nothridae Berlese, 1896
Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946
Phyllochthoniidae Travé, 1967
Protoplophoridae Ewing, 1917
Pterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1950
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947

References

"Enarthronota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

"Enarthronota Suborder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

Further reading

Marshall, V. G.; Reeves, R. M.; Norton, R. A. (1987). "Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 119: i–418. doi:10.4039/entm119139fv.
Pepato, A. R.; Klimov, P. B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
Halliday, R. B.; O'connor, O'B. M.; Baker, A. S. (2000). "Global diversity of mites". In Raven, P. H. (ed.). Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. pp. 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142. ISBN 978-0-309-06555-9.