Pontarachnidae is a family of
mite
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 ...
s belonging to the order
Trombidiformes
The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.
Taxonomy
In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of aca ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Litarachna''
Walter, 1925
* ''
Paralitarachna''
Cook, 1958
* ''
Pontarachna''
Philippi, 1840
References
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Trombidiformes
Acari families