Liacaridae

Liacaridae
Adoristes ovatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Suborder:	Brachypylina
Superfamily:	Gustavioidea
Family:	Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928

Liacaridae is a family of mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 7 genera and more than 240 described species in Liacaridae.

Xenillus

Genera

These seven genera belong to the family Liacaridae:

• Adoristes Hull, 1916
• Birsteinius Krivolutsky, 1965
• Dorycranosus Woolley, 1969
• Opsioristes Woolley, 1967
• Planoristes Iturrondobeitia & Subías, 1978
• Xenillus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1839
• † Liacarus Michael, 1898

Further reading

• Marshall, V. G.; Reeves, R. M.; Norton, R. A. (1987). "Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 119: i–418. doi:10.4039/entm119139fv.
• Pepato, A. R.; Klimov, P. B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
• Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
• Halliday, R. B.; O'connor, O'B. M.; Baker, A. S. (2000). "Global diversity of mites". In Raven, P. H. (ed.). Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. pp. 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142. ISBN 978-0-309-06555-9.

External links

• Media related to Liacaridae at Wikimedia Commons