Acherontacaridae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Hypordo: Parasitengona
Superfamilia: Hydrovolzioidea
Familia: Acherontacaridae
Genera: Acherontacarus – Bharatavolzia

References

• Gülle, P., Boyaci, Y.O. & Gülle, I. 2018. A new water mite species from a karstic cavern in southwestern Anatolia: Acherontacarus burduricus n. sp. (Acari, Hydrachnidia). Zootaxa 4394(4): 590–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.10 Reference page. 
• Smit, H. & V. Pešić, 2010: New species of water mites from Oman, with some zoogeographical notes (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Acarologia 50 (2): 151–195. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20101953.
• Tuzovsku, P. ; D. Benfatti & R. Gerecke, 2000: The water mite family Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967 nov. stat. and diagnosis of the superfamily Hydrovolzioidea Thor, 1905 (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia). Acarologia 41 (4): 451–473.