Biology:Chaetodactylidae

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Short description: Family of mites

Chaetodactylidae
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Chaetodactylus on Osmia lignaria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Oribatida
Superfamily: Hemisarcoptoidea
Family: Chaetodactylidae

Chaetodactylidae is a family of mites in the order Sarcoptiformes. There are five genera: Sennertia, Chaetodactylus, Achaetodactylus, Centriacarus, and Roubikia.[1][2][3]

References

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. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 
  • Gaud, Jean; Atyeo, Warren T. (1996). "Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata): the supraspecific taxa". Annales-Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Sciences Zoologiques (Belgium) (Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale). 
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing. 
  • A Manual of Acarology. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. 2009. ISBN 9780896726208. 
  • Norton, Roy A. (1998). "Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)". Experimental & Applied Acarology (Springer) 22: 559–594. 
  • Dabert, Jacek; Mironov, Serge V. (1999). "Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata)". Ecology and Evolution of the Acari (Springer): 89–103. 

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