Brazilobatidae

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cepheoidea
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 Subordo: Brachypylina Superfamilia: Cepheoidea

Brazilobatidae Koçak & Kemal, 2008 [new replacement name for Pterobatidae Balogh & Mahunka, 1977]
- Authority for current placement: Norton & Behan-Pelletier, 2009: 456 ('Pterobatids and anderemaeids may be better accommodated in the Ameroidea (Woas 2002) but are retained in the Cepheoidea in this treatment, pending revision of genera and families in both superfamilies')
  - undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Type genus: Brazilobates Koçak & Kemal, 2008
  - NOTE: not a homonym of Brasilobates Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio, 1980

Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2008: Nomenclatural notes in the genus group taxa of Acarina. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 139-140: 4–5. Internet Archive [first availability, see p. 5]

Schatz, H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., OConnor, B.M. & Norton, R.A. 2011. Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. Pp 141–148 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . Full article (PDF) Reference page. [as Pterobatidae]
Subías, L.S. 2004: Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758-2002). Graellsia, 60(número extraordinario): 3–305. abstract and pdf electronic update (Feb. 2011) [as Salvidae, in Niphocepheoidea]