Endeostigmata

Endeostigmata
Endeostigmata:Nanorchestidae:Nanorchestes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Superorder:	Acariformes
Suborder:	Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909

Endeostigmata is a suborder of acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata. ^[1] The grouping is strongly suspected to be paraphyletic, containing unrelated early diverging lineages of mites. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Source: ^{[3] [4]}

• Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
  • Infraorder Bimichaliida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Alycoidea G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (3 families)
      • Family Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (6 genera, 29 species)
      • Family Nanorchestidae Grandjean, 1937 (5 genera, 45 species)
      • Family Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
  • Infraorder Nematalycina Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Nematalycoidea Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
      • Family Micropsammidae Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
      • Family Nematalycidae Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
      • Family Proteonematalycidae Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
  • Infraorder Terpnacarida Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
    • Superfamily Oehserchestoidea Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
      • Family Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
      • Family Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
    • Superfamily Terpnacaroidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
      • Family Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
  • Infraorder Alicorhagiida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Alicorhagioidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
      • Family Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939 (5 genera, 9 species)

References

1. "Endeostigmata Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
2. Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz255 . hdl: 10261/209118 . ISSN   0737-4038. PMID   31670799.
3. Walter, D.E.; Bolton, S.; Uusitalo, M.; Zhang, Z.-Q. (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148: 139–140. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.25.
4. "WoRMS taxon details, Endeostigmata".

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.
• Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
• Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J. (2002). Invertebrates. Vol. Second Edition. Sinauer Associates. ISBN   0-87893-097-3.
• Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN   9780896726208.