Enarthronota Explained

Enarthronota is a suborder of mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 14 families and more than 450 described species in Enarthronota.

Families

These 14 families belong to the suborder Enarthronota:

• Arborichthoniidae J. & P. Balogh, 1992
• Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949
• Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934
• Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947 (cosmochthoniids)
• Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947
• Haplochthoniidae Hammen, 1959
• Heterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1954
• Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910
• Nothridae Berlese, 1896
• Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946
• Phyllochthoniidae Travé, 1967
• Protoplophoridae Ewing, 1917
• Pterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1950
• Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947

Further reading

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