Sperchontidae

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
Clade: Hydracarina
Superfamilia: Sperchontoidea

Familia: Sperchontidae
Subfamiliae: Apeltosperchontinae - Sperchontinae - incertae sedis
References

Zhang, Xu & Dao-Chao Jin (in press, 2011) New records of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 158: 89–109.

Sperchontidae is a family of prostigs in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least 3 genera and about 19 described species in Sperchontidae.[1][2][3][4][5]
Genera

Apeltosperchon
Sperchon Kramer, 1877
Sperchonopsis Piersig, 1896

References

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