Endeostigmata is a suborder of
acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata.
The grouping is strongly suspected to be
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
, containing unrelated early diverging lineages of mites.
Taxonomy
* Suborder Endeostigmata
Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
** Infraorder
Bimichaliida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
***Superfamily
Alycoidea G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (3 families)
****Family
Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (6 genera, 29 species)
****Family
Nanorchestidae Grandjean, 1937 (5 genera, 45 species)
****Family
Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
**Infraorder
Nematalycina Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
***Superfamily
Nematalycoidea Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
****Family
Micropsammidae Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
****Family
Nematalycidae Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
****Family
Proteonematalycidae Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
**Infraorder
Terpnacarida Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
***Superfamily
Oehserchestoidea Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
****Family
Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
****Family
Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
***Superfamily
Terpnacaroidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
****Family
Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
**Infraorder
Alicorhagiida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
***Superfamily
Alicorhagioidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
****Family
Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939 (5 genera, 9 species)
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