Liacaridae
Family of mites
| Liacaridae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Adoristes ovatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Suborder: | Brachypylina |
| Superfamily: | Gustavioidea |
| Family: | Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928 |
Liacaridae is a family of mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 7 genera and more than 240 described species in Liacaridae.[1][2][3]
Genera
These seven genera belong to the family Liacaridae:
- Adoristes Hull, 1916
- Birsteinius Krivolutsky, 1965
- Dorycranosus Woolley, 1969
- Opsioristes Woolley, 1967
- Planoristes Iturrondobeitia & Subías, 1978
- Xenillus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1839
- † Liacarus Michael, 1898
References
Further reading
- Marshall, V. G.; Reeves, R. M.; Norton, R. A. (1987). "Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 119: i–418. doi:10.4039/entm119139fv.
- Pepato, A. R.; Klimov, P. B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
- Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
- Halliday, R. B.; O'connor, O'B. M.; Baker, A. S. (2000). "Global diversity of mites". In Raven, P. H. (ed.). Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. pp. 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142. ISBN 978-0-309-06555-9.
External links
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