Acaronychidae is a family of
mites
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
belonging to the order
Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigmatina, but Oribatida has been promoted to an order, and Astigmatina is n ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Acaronychus''
Grandjean, 1932
* ''
Archeonothrus''
Trägårdh, 1906
* ''
Loftacarus''
Lee, 1981
* ''
Stomacarus''
Grandjean, 1952
* ''
Zachvatkinella''
Lange, 1954
References
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Sarcoptiformes