- Xenocaligonellididae
Taxobox
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Arthropoda
subphylum =Chelicerata
classis =Arachnida
subclassis =Acarina
superordo =Acariformes
ordo =Prostigmata
subordo =Eleutherengona
zoosectio =Raphignathae
superfamilia =Raphignathoidea
familia = Xenocaligonellididae
familia_authority = Gonzalez, 1978
subdivision_ranks = Genera include
subdivision = 2, see text
synonyms =XenocaligonellidaeXenocaligonellididae are a small family of acariform
mite s of theprostigmata n [superfamilyRaphignathoidea .They have been found in
China ,Mexico ,Natal and on theGalápagos Islands . This disjunct distribution suggests that furtherspecies await discovery.The two
genera are:
* "Apocaligonellidus " Fan & Chen, 2008 - formerly "Echinopsis"
* "Xenocaligonellidus " de Leon, 1959References
*'s Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Xenocaligonellididae.txt Xenocaligonellididae]
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