Enarthronota is a suborder of mites 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 14 families and more than 450 described species in Enarthronota.

Families

These 14 families belong to the suborder Enarthronota: * Arborichthoniidae J. & P. Balogh, 1992 * Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949 * Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934 * Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947 (cosmochthoniids) * Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947 * Haplochthoniidae Hammen, 1959 * Heterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1954 * Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910 * Nothridae Berlese, 1896 * Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946 * Phyllochthoniidae Travé, 1967 * Protoplophoridae Ewing, 1917 * Pterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1950 * Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947

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