Caeculidae Explained
Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide. The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.[1]
Genera
These six genera belong to the family Caeculidae:
- Allocaeculus Franz, 1952
- Andocaeculus Coineau, 1974
- Caeculus Dufour, 1832
- Calocaeculus Coineau, 1974
- Microcaeculus Franz, 1952
- Neocaeculus Coineau, 1967
- Procaeculus Jacot 1936
Further reading
- Global diversity of mites. 2000. Halliday . R.B.. O'connor . O'B.M.. Baker . A.S.. Raven . P.H.. Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. 192–203. 10.17226/6142.
- Book: A Manual of Acarology. 2009. Krantz . G.W.. Walter . D.E.. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726208.
Notes and References
- Porta. Andrés O.. Proud. Daniel N.. Franchi. Ezequiel. Porto. Willians. Epele. María Bernarda. Michalik. Peter. 2019-07-26. The first record of caeculid mites from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar with notes on the phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa. 4647. 1. 23–43. 10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.5. 1175-5334.
