Limnocharidae
Appearance
Limnocharidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Suborder: | Prostigmata |
Superfamily: | Eylaoidea |
Family: | Limnocharidae |
Limnocharidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least 4 genera and about 12 described species in Limnocharidae.[1][2][3]
Genera
[edit]These four genera belong to the family Limnocharidae:
- Austrolimnochares Harvey, 1998
- Limnochares Latreille, 1796
- Rhyncholimnochares Lundblad, 1936
- † Neolimnochares Lundblad, 1937
References
[edit]- ^ "Limnocharidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Limnocharidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Family Limnocharidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
- Skoracki, M.; Zabludovskaya, S.; Bochkov, A. V. (2012). "A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds". Acarina. 20: 67–107.
- Zhang, Z.-Q.; Fan, Q.-H.; Pesic, V.; Smit, H.; et al. (2011). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.