Pygmephoridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygmephoroidea
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: Eleutherengona Sectio: Heterostigmata Superfamilia: Pygmephoroidea

Familia: Pygmephoridae
Genera (27): Acinogaster – Brasilopsis – Elattoma – Guttacarus – Insensilla – Luciaphorus – Mahunkania – Mesopotamiophorus – Nipponophorus – Parapygmephorus – Pediculaster – Pseudopygmephorellus – Pseudopygmephorus – Pygmephoroides – Pygmephorus – Rhynopygmephorus – Sasadania – Spatulaphorus – Strephocheir – Symbolocrasis – Thaumatopelvis – Zambedania
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Synonyms

?Siteroptidae

References

Hajiqanbar, H. ; A. Khaustov & K. Kamali, 2011: New Species of Parapygmephorus (Acari; Heterostigmatina; Neopygmephoridae) Phoretic on Halictus quadricinctus (Fabricius, 1776) (Hym.; Halictidae) from Iran. Zoological Science 28 (1): 56–60. Abstract: DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.56
Kazuyoshi, K. 2001: New replacement name for Termitacarus Kurosa (Acari: Pygmephoridae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 10 (2): 123. DOI: 10.2300/acari.10.123
Khaustov, A.A. 2011: Nomenclature changes in the mite families Neopygmephoridae and Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) with redescription of two little known species. Zootaxa, 2809: 47–57. Preview
Khaustov, A.A. 2011: Synonymy of the genera Siteropsis and Pediculaster (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae). Acarina, 19 (1): 101. PDF
Khaustov, A.A. & S.G. Ermilov, 2008: a new species of mites of the genus Bakerdania (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoridae) from European Russia. Entomological Review 88 (8): 1016–1018. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873808080162. Abstract: [1].
Khaustov, A.A. & Frolov, A.V. 2017. New species of heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Athyreacaridae, Dolichocybidae, Pygmephoridae) associated with scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4294(5): 501–521. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.5.1. Reference page.
Khaustov, A.A. & Frolov, A.V. 2018. New taxa of pygmephoroid mites (Acari: Pygmephoroidea: Pygmephoridae, Neopygmephoridae) phoretic on Enoplotrupes sharpi (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 4442(2): 277–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.5 Reference page.
Kurosa, K. 2009: A new genus and two new species of Pygmephoridae (Acari: Heterostigmata) phoretic on Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 18: 17–28. DOI: 10.2300/acari.18.17

Links

Pygmephoridae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog