Endeostigmata Explained
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
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- Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
- Infraorder Bimichaliida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
- Superfamily Alycoidea 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 Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
- Infraorder Nematalycina Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
- Superfamily Nematalycoidea Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
- Family Micropsammidae Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
- Family Nematalycidae Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
- Family Proteonematalycidae Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
- Infraorder Terpnacarida Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
- Superfamily Oehserchestoidea Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
- Family Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
- Family Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
- Superfamily Terpnacaroidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
- Family Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
- Infraorder Alicorhagiida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
- Superfamily Alicorhagioidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
Further reading
- Book: Breene . R.G.. Dean . D. Allen. Edwards . G.B.. Hebert . Blain. Levi . Herbert W.. Manning . Gail. 2003. Common Names of Arachnids. American Tarantula Society. Fifth Edition. 1-929427-11-5.
- Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
- Book: Jackman . John A.. 2002. A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
- Book: Brusca . Richard C.. Brusca . Gary J.. 2002. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates. Second Edition. 0-87893-097-3.
- Book: Krantz . G.W.. Walter . D.E.. 2009. A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. 3rd Edition. 9780896726208.
Notes and References
- Web site: Endeostigmata Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-20.
- Arribas. Paula. Andújar. Carmelo. Moraza. María Lourdes. Linard. Benjamin. Emerson. Brent C. Vogler. Alfried P. 2020-03-01. Teeling. Emma. Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari. Molecular Biology and Evolution. en. 37. 3. 683–694. 10.1093/molbev/msz255. 31670799 . 0737-4038. free. 10261/209118. free.
- Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zhang. Z.-Q.. Walter. D.E.. Bolton. S.. Uusitalo. M.. Zhang. Z.-Q.. Zootaxa. 3148. 139–140. 2011. 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.25 .
- Web site: WoRMS taxon details, Endeostigmata.