Proctophyllodidae

Taxobox
name = Proctophyllodidae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acarina
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Astigmata
unranked_familia = Psoroptidia
superfamilia = Analgoidea
familia = Proctophyllodidae
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subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
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Proctophyllodinae

Pterodectinae

The Proctophyllodidae are a family of the Acarina (mite) order Astigmata. They contain many feather mites. The Alloptidae and Trouessartiidae were in earlier times included here as subfamilies.

Proctophyllodidae females are extremely similar among species and sometimes even hard to assign to a genus, while males vary much more. Two subfamilies are generally recognized, the Proctophyllodinae and the Pterodectinae. The main difference is that the female pregenital apodeme and epimerites IV are separated, while in the latter they are connected and form a distinct structure.

=Selected generaVerify source|date=January 2008=

Proctophyllodinae
* "Allodectes" Gaud & Berla, 1963 – tentatively placed here
* "Anisophyllodes" Atyeo, 1967
* "Bradyphyllodes" Atyeo and Gaud, 1970
* "Diproctophyllodes" Atyeo and Gaud, 1968
* "Favettea" Trouessart, 1915
* "Hemipterodectes" Berla, 1959
* "Joubertophyllodes" Atyeo & Gaud, 1971
* "Monojoubertia" Radford, 1950
* "Nycteridocaulus" Atyeo, 1966
* "Philepittalges" Atyeo, 1966
* "Proctophyllodes" Robin, 1877
* "Ptyctophyllodes" Atyeo, 1967
* "Tanyphyllodes" Atyeo, 1966

Pterodectinae
* "Anisodiscus" Gaud & Mouchet, 1957
* "Dolichodectes"
* "Megalodectes"
* "Montesauria" Oudemans, 1905
* "Neodectes"
* "Pedanodectes"
* "Proterothrix" Gaud, 1968
* "Pterodectes" Robin, 1877Verify source|date=January 2008 – possibly not monophyletic
* "Syntomodectes"
* "Toxerodectes"
* "Trochilodectes"
* "Xynonodectes"