Chyzeriidae

Chyzeriidae (dorsal)

Chyzeriidae larvae on an unidentified cave weta (Macropathinae)

Chyzeriidae larvae on immature psocopteran

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chyzerioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Hypordo: Parasitengona Subcohort: Trombidiina Superfamilia: Chyzerioidea

Familia: Chyzeriidae
Subfamiliae: Chyzeriinae – Pteridopodinae – Ralphaudyaninae
[List of subfamiliae after Saboori, Zhang & Nemati (2005)]

Overview of genera

Chyzeria – Cretessenia – Gryllochyzeria – Napassenia – Nothotrombicula – Parawenhoekia – Perumaropta – Pteripodus – Ralphaudyna – †Punkochyzeria
[List of genera after Saboori, Zhang & Nemati, 2005]

Name

Chyzeriidae Womersley, 1954: 125 (as "Chyzeriniini")

• Type genus: Chyzeria Canestrini, 1897

Synonyms

• Pteridopodidae Southcott, 1987
• Ralphaudyanidae Southcott, 1987
• Perumaroptidae Haitlinger, 1999

References

Primary references

• Womersley, H. 1954. On the subfamily Trombellinae Sig Thor 1935 (Acarina, Trombidiidae) with the diagnosis of the nymph of Audyana thompsoni Womersley, 1954. Records of the South Australian Museum 11: 121–128. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Haitlinger, R. 1999. Three new species of larval Chyzeriidae associated with Orthoptera (Insecta) from Cyprus, Crete and Peru, with description of the new subfamily Perumaroptinae and three new genera Napassenia, Cretessenia and Perumaropta (Acari: Prostigmata). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 131: 3–13.
• Kolesnikov, V.B., Turbanov, I.S. & Vorontsov, D.D. 2025. Punk’s not dead? Punkochyzeria gen. nov. (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Zootaxa 5686(4): 451–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.4.1 Reference page. 
• Saboori, A., Zhang, Z.-Q. & Nemati, A. 2005. A new genus and species of larval Chyzeriidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Chyzeroidea) from Iran. International Journal of Acarology 31: 51–56. DOI: 10.1080/01647950508684416
• Southcott, R.V. 1982. Observations on Chyzeria Canestrini and some related genera (Acarina: Trombidioidea) with remarks on the classification of the superfamily and description of a pygmephorid mite phoretic on Chyzeria. Records of the South Australian Museum 18: 285–326. PDF
• Southcott, R.V. 1987. The classification of the mite families Trombellidae and Johnstonianidae and related groups, with the description of a new larva (Acarina: Trombellidae: Nothotrombidium) from North America. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 25–42. PDF
• Welbourn, W.C. 1991. Phylogenetic studies of the terrestrial Parasitengona. Pp. 163–170 in: Dusbabek, F., Bukva, V. (eds.) Modern acarology Vol. 2 . Academia, Prague, and SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague.
• Zhang, Z.-Q. & Saboori, A. 1995. A new record of the little known genus Ralphaudyna (Acari: Chyzeriidae) from Iran, with description of a new species. International Journal of Acarology 21: 11–15. DOI: 10.1080/01647959508684037

Links

• Welbourn, C. (coordinator): Chyzeriidae Species Listing in Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog

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