Calyptostomatidae

Calyptostomatidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Suborder:	Prostigmata
Infraorder:	Anystina
Superfamily:	Calyptostomatoidea
Family:	Calyptostomatidae Oudemans, 1923

Calyptostomatidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least two genera and about six described species in Calyptostomatidae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Calyptostomatidae:

• Calyptostoma Cambridge, 1875
• Smaris Latreille, 1796

References

1. "Calyptostomatidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
2. "Calyptostomatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
3. "Family Calyptostomatidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

Further reading

• Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
• Skoracki, M.; Zabludovskaya, S.; Bochkov, A. V. (2012). "A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds". Acarina. 20 (2): 67–107.
• Zhang, Z.-Q.; Fan, Q.-H.; Pesic, V.; Smit, H.; et al. (2011). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.