Endeostigmata

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Endeostigmata
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Superorder: Acariformes
Suborder: Endeostigmata
Reuter, 1909

Endeostigmata is a suborder of acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata.[1] The grouping is strongly suspected to be paraphyletic, containing unrelated early diverging lineages of mites.[2]

Taxonomy[3][4][]

  • Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
    • Infraorder Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
      • Superfamily G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (3 families)
        • Family Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (6 genera, 29 species)
        • Family Nanorchestidae Grandjean, 1937 (5 genera, 45 species)
        • Family Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
    • Infraorder Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
      • Superfamily Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
        • Family Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
        • Family Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
        • Family Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
    • Infraorder Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
      • Superfamily Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
        • Family Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
        • Family Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
      • Superfamily Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
        • Family Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
    • Infraorder Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
      • Superfamily Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)

References[]

  1. ^ "Endeostigmata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  2. ^ Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz255. ISSN 0737-4038.
  3. ^ Walter, D.E.; Bolton, S.; Uusitalo, M.; Zhang, Z.-Q. (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148: 139–140.
  4. ^ "WoRMS taxon details, Endeostigmata".

Further reading[]

  • Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
  • Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J. (2002). Invertebrates. Second Edition. Sinauer Associates. ISBN 0-87893-097-3.
  • Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
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