Chaetodactylidae

Chaetodactylidae
Chaetodactylus on Osmia lignaria
Scientific classification
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]}

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  Chaetodactylus krombeini female lateral propodosoma showing enlarged supracoxal sclerite. This trait is diagnostic for the family Chaetodactylidae.

References

1. "Chaetodactylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
2. "Chaetodactylidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
3. Klimov, P.B.; B. OConnor; R. Ochoa; G.R. Bauchan; A.J. Redford; J. Scher (2016). "Achaetodactylus". Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World. Fort Collins, CO: USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program (ITP). Retrieved 2018-08-15.

Further reading

• Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN   1-929427-11-5.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 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.
• Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN   9780896726208.
• Norton, Roy A. (1998). "Morphological evidence for the evolutionary origin of Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes)". Experimental & Applied Acarology. 22 (10). Springer: 559–594. doi:10.1023/A:1006135509248.
• Dabert, Jacek; Mironov, Serge V. (1999). "Origin and evolution of feather mites (Astigmata)". Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Springer. pp. 89–103. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1343-6_5. ISBN   978-90-481-5200-1.

• Chaetodactylus_krombeini
• bugguide.net. Family Chaetodactylidae