Caeculidae

Caeculidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Predatory rake mite (Caeculidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} 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

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. PMID   31716973.
2. "Caeculidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
3. "Caeculidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
4. "Caeculidae Family Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
5. 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.
6. 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. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   31716973.

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.

External links

• Media related to Caeculidae at Wikimedia Commons