Brachychthoniidae is a family of oribatids in the order
Oribatida
Oribatida (formerly Cryptostigmata), also known as oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites, are an order of mites, in the "chewing Acariformes" clade Sarcoptiformes. They range in size from . There are currently 12,000 species that have been ...
. There are about 11 genera and at least 150 described species in Brachychthoniidae.
Genera
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Brachychthonius''
Berlese, 1910
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Eobrachychthonius''
Jacot, 1936
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Liochthonius''
Hammen, 1959
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Mixochthonius''
Niedbala, 1972
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Neobrachychthonius''
Moritz, 1976
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Neoliochthonius''
Lee, 1982
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Papillochthonius''
Gil-Martín, Subías & Arillo, 1992
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Poecilochthonius''
Balogh, 1943
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Sellnickochthonius''
Krivolutsky, 1964
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Synchthonius
''Synchthonius'' is a genus of mites.
References
''Synchthonius''at fauna-eu.org
Sarcoptiformes
Acari genera
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Hammen, 1952
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Verachthonius''
Moritz, 1976
References
Further reading
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Acariformes
Acari families
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