Hydrodromidae

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
Superfamilia: Hydryphantoidea

Familia: Hydrodromidae
Genera (2): Hydrodroma – Oxopsis
Name

Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936

References

Smit, H. & V. Pešić, 2010: New species of water mites from Oman, with some zoogeographical notes (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Acarologia 50 (2): 151–195. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20101953.

Links

Smit, H. (coordinator): Hydrodromidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog

Hydrodromidae is a family of prostigs in the order Trombidiformes. There is at least one genus, Hydrodroma, and at least one described species in Hydrodromidae, H. despiciens.[1][2][3][4][5]
References

"Hydrodromidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
"Hydrodromidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
"Hydrodromidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
"Browse Hydrodromidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

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. BioMed Central. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.

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.
Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.