Algophagidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hemisarcoptoidea

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: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Cohort: Astigmata Subordo: Acaridia Superfamilia: Hemisarcoptoidea

Familia: Algophagidae
Subfamiliae (2): Algophaginae - Hericiinae

Overview of genera (9)

Algophagopsis – Algophagus – Fusohericia – Hericia – Lamingtonacarus – Neohyadesia – Prohericia – Terraphagus – Thalassophagacarus

Name

• Algophagidae Fain, 1974

References

Primary references

• Fain, A. 1974: Acariens récoltés par le Dr. J. Travé aux îles subantarctiques I. Families Saproglyphidae et Hyadesidae (Astigmates). Acarologia 16(4): 684–708. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fain, A. 1981: Notes on the Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915 and Algophagidae Fain, 1974, nov. tax. (Acari, Astigmata), with a redescription of Hyadesia curassaviensis Viets, 1936 and H. sellai Viets, 1937. Acarologia 22(1): 47–61. PDF Reference page. 
• Oconnor, B.M.; Moser, J.C. 1985: Phylogenetic relationships of the Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata), with descriptions of a new subfamily, genus, and species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78(6): 783–789. abstract only seen Reference page. 

Links

• Oconnor, B.M. (coordinator): Algophagidae Species Listing in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED ASTIGMATA OF THE WORLD