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: Sarcoptiformes
Subordo: Endeostigmata
Familiae (10): Alicorhagiidae - Alycidae - Grandjeanicidae - Micropsammidae - Nanorchestidae - Nematalycidae - Oehserchestidae - Proteonematalycidae - Proterorhagiidae - Terpnacaridae
[source: Walter (2009)]
References
selected references
Walter, D.E. 2009: Chapter fourteen. Suborder Endeostigmata. Pp. 421-429 in: Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E. (eds) A manual of acarology. Third edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock Texas. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8 ISBN 0-89672-620-7
Walter, D.E., Bolton, S., Uusitalo, M. & Zhang, Z-Q. 2011. Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. Pp 139–140 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. PDF, Reference page.
Additional references
Moraza, M.L. 2008: First records of Endeostigmata and Sphaerolichina mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes) from the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands. Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia, 32(3-4): 293–304. PDF
Walter, D.E. 1988: Predation and mycophagy by endeostigmatid mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata). Experimental & applied acarology, 4(2): 159–166. DOI: 10.1007/BF01193873
Links
Australian Faunal Directory
Endeostigmata is a suborder of acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata.[1] The grouping is strongly suspected to be paraphyletic, containing unrelated early diverging lineages of mites.[2]
Taxonomy[3][4]
Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
Infraorder Bimichaliida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
Superfamily Alycoidea G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (3 families)
Family Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (6 genera, 29 species)
Family Nanorchestidae Grandjean, 1937 (5 genera, 45 species)
Family Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
Infraorder Nematalycina Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
Superfamily Nematalycoidea Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
Family Micropsammidae Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
Family Nematalycidae Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
Family Proteonematalycidae Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
Infraorder Terpnacarida Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
Superfamily Oehserchestoidea Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
Family Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
Family Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
Superfamily Terpnacaroidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
Family Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
Infraorder Alicorhagiida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
Superfamily Alicorhagioidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
Family Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939 (5 genera, 9 species)
References
"Endeostigmata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz255. ISSN 0737-4038. PMID 31670799.
Walter, D.E.; Bolton, S.; Uusitalo, M.; Zhang, Z.-Q. (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148: 139–140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.25.
"WoRMS taxon details, Endeostigmata".
Further reading
Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J. (2002). Invertebrates. Vol. Second Edition. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-097-3.
Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
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