Biology:Caeculidae
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Short description: Family of mites
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| Predatory rake mite (Caeculidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Suborder: | Prostigmata |
| Infraorder: | Anystina |
| Superfamily: | Caeculoidea |
| Family: | Caeculidae |
Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide.[2][3][4][5] The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.[6]
Genera
These six genera belong to the family Caeculidae:
- Allocaeculus Franz, 1952
- Andocaeculus Coineau, 1974
- Caeculus Dufour, 1832
- Calocaeculus Coineau, 1974
- Microcaeculus Franz, 1952
- Neocaeculus Coineau, 1967
- Procaeculus Jacot 1936
References
- ↑ Andrés O. Porta; Daniel N. Proud; Ezequiel Franchi; Willians Porto; María Bernarda Epele; Peter Michalik (2019). "The first record of caeculid mites from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar with notes on the phylogeny of the family". Zootaxa 4647 (1): 23–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.5.
- ↑ "Caeculidae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=895681.
- ↑ "Caeculidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/2823.
- ↑ "Caeculidae Family Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/237989.
- ↑ Zhang, Z.Q.; Fan, Q.H.; Pesic, V.; Smit, H. et al. (2011). "Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, order trombidiformes reuter, 1909". Zootaxa 3148: 129–138. ISSN 1175-5326. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257872652_Order_Trombidiformes_Reuter_1909.
- ↑ Porta, Andrés O.; Proud, Daniel N.; Franchi, Ezequiel; Porto, Willians; Epele, María Bernarda; Michalik, Peter (2019-07-26). "The first record of caeculid mites from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar with notes on the phylogeny of the family". Zootaxa 4647 (1): 23–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4647.1.5.
Further reading
- Halliday, R.B.; O'connor, O'B.M.; Baker, A.S. (2000). "Global diversity of mites". Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World (National Academy Press): 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142.
- A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. 2009. ISBN 9780896726208.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21074453 entry
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