Alycidae
| Alycidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Alycus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Suborder: | Endeostigmata |
| Family: | Alycidae Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 |
Alycidae is a family of mites, or endeostigs, in the suborder Endeostigmata. There are at least 6 genera in Alycidae.[1][2]
Genera
These six genera belong to the family Alycidae:
- Alycus C.L.Koch, 1842
- Amphialycus Zachvatkin, 1949
- Coccalicus Willmann, 1952
- Laminamichaelia Uusitalo, 2010
- Orthacarus Zachvatkin, 1949
- Petralycus Grandjean, 1943
References
- ^ "Alycidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ "Alycidae Family Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
Further reading
- Halliday, R.B.; O'connor, O'B.M.; Baker, A.S. (2000). Raven, P.H. (ed.). "Global diversity of mites". Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press: 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.
- Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.