Speleognathidae

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: Eupodina
Superfamilia: Tydeoidea
Familia: Speleognathidae

Name

Speleognathidae Womersley, 1936

• 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.
• 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.