Rutripalpidae

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: Lebertioidea

Familia: Rutripalpidae
Genera: Rutripalpus
Name

Rutripalpidae Sokolow, 1934
Type genus: Rutripalpus Sokolow, 1934
Stem: Rutripalp-

References

Gerecke, R.; Tuzovskij, P. 2001: The water mite Rutripalpus limicola Sokolow, 1934: new data on morphology and biology, and considerations on the systematic position of the monotypic family Rutripalpidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia). Journal of natural history, 35: 931–943. DOI: 10.1080/00222930152123657
Smith, I.M. 1991: Descriptions of new species representing new or unreported genera of Lebertioidea (Acari: Hydrachnida) from North America. Canadian entomologist, 123: 811–825. DOI: 10.4039/Ent123811-4