Pygmephoroidea

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: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Eleutherengona
Sectio: Heterostigmata
Superfamilia: Pygmephoroidea
Familiae: Microdispidae - Neopygmephoridae - Pygmephoridae - Scutacaridae

References

• 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 Reference page. 
• Khaustov, A.A.; Trach, V.A. 2014: Mites of the superfamily Pygmephoroidea (Acari: Heterostigmata: Neopygmephoridae, Pygmephoridae) associated with Trox cadaverinus (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from the Far East of Russia, with description of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3754(1): 86–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.1.4 Reference page.