Cerophagus

Taxonavigation

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: Acaroidea
Familia: Gaudiellidae
Genus: Cerophagus
Species: C. bomborum – C. heriades – C. indicus – C. nearcticus – C. trigona

Name

Cerophagus Oudemans, 1902

References

• OConnor, B.M. 1992: Ontogeny and systematics of the genus Cerophagus (Acari: Gaudiellidae), mites associated with bumblebees. Great Lakes entomologist, 25(3): 173–189.