Cheirolepidoptus

Cheirolepidoptus; Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Family:	Triasacaridae
Genus:	Cheirolepidoptus; Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014
Species:	C. dolomiticus
Binomial name
	Cheirolepidoptus dolomiticus; Sidorchuk & Lindquist, 2014

Cheirolepidoptus is a genus of extinct mite found in Italy. It was classified in 2014.¹² It was found in amber from northern Italy, dating to the Triassic period.²

References

Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk; Alexander R. Schmidt; Eugenio Ragazzi; Guido Roghi; Evert E. Lindquist (2015). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (2): 129–151. Bibcode:2015JSPal..13..129S. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373. S2CID 85055941.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[TriassicmitesJSP-1] Ekaterina A. Sidorchuk; Alexander R. Schmidt; Eugenio Ragazzi; Guido Roghi; Evert E. Lindquist (2015). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (2): 129–151. Bibcode:2015JSPal..13..129S. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373. S2CID 85055941.

[triassictwo-2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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