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Caeculidae

Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide. The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.

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Caeculidae
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Predatory rake mite (Caeculidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborder: Prostigmata
Infraorder: Anystina
Superfamily: Caeculoidea
Family: Caeculidae

Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide.2345 The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.6

Genera

These six genera belong to the family Caeculidae:

  • Allocaeculus Franz, 1952
  • Andocaeculus Coineau, 1974
  • Caeculus Dufour, 1832
  • Calocaeculus Coineau, 1974
  • Microcaeculus Franz, 1952
  • Neocaeculus Coineau, 1967
  • Procaeculus Jacot 1936
References

References

  1. Andrés O. Porta; Daniel N. Proud; Ezequiel Franchi; Willians Porto; María Bernarda Epele; Peter Michalik (2019). "The first record of caeculid mites from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar with notes on the phylogeny of the family". Zootaxa. 4647 (1): 23–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.5. hdl:11336/120338. PMID 31716973.
  2. "Caeculidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  3. "Caeculidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  4. Zhang, Z.Q.; Fan, Q.H.; Pesic, V.; Smit, H.; et al. (2011). "Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness, order trombidiformes reuter, 1909". Zootaxa. 3148: 129–138. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24. ISSN 1175-5326.
  5. Porta, Andrés O.; Proud, Daniel N.; Franchi, Ezequiel; Porto, Willians; Epele, María Bernarda; Michalik, Peter (2019-07-26). "The first record of caeculid mites from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar with notes on the phylogeny of the family". Zootaxa. 4647 (1): 23–43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.5. hdl:11336/120338. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716973.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Halliday, R.B.; O'connor, O'B.M.; Baker, A.S. (2000). Raven, P.H. (ed.). "Global diversity of mites". Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press: 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142. ISBN 978-0-309-06555-9.
  • Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
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