Spelaeognathidae

Taxonavigation: Tydeoidea
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: Eupodina Superfamilia: Tydeoidea

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae

Name

Speleognathidae Womersley, 1936 (emended name)

• Type genus: Speleognathus

Notes

• The family proposed by Womersley (1936) was lowered in hierarchic rank by Fain (1957: 251) and considered a member of Ereynetidae (see the Speleognathinae).
• The family erected by Womersley (1936: 312) was misspelled (Spelæognathidae).

References

• Fain, A. 1957. Sur la position systématique de Riccardoella eweri Lawrence 1952 et de Boydaia angelae Womersley 1953. Remaniement de la famille Ereynetidae Oudemans 1931. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 55: 249–252.
• Womersley, H. 1936. On a new family of Acarina, with a description of a new genus and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(10): 312–315.