Algophagidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hemisarcoptoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Cohort: Astigmata
Subordo: Acaridia
Superfamilia: Hemisarcoptoidea

Familia:
Subfamiliae (2): Algophaginae - Hericiinae

Overview of genera (9)

Algophagopsis – Algophagus – Fusohericia – Hericia – Lamingtonacarus – Neohyadesia – Prohericia – Terraphagus – Thalassophagacarus

Name

  • Algophagidae Fain, 1974

References

Primary references

  • Fain, A. 1974: Acariens récoltés par le Dr. J. Travé aux îles subantarctiques I. Families Saproglyphidae et Hyadesidae (Astigmates). Acarologia 16(4): 684–708. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Fain, A. 1981: Notes on the Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915 and Algophagidae Fain, 1974, nov. tax. (Acari, Astigmata), with a redescription of Hyadesia curassaviensis Viets, 1936 and H. sellai Viets, 1937. Acarologia 22(1): 47–61. PDF Reference page. 
  • Oconnor, B.M.; Moser, J.C. 1985: Phylogenetic relationships of the Algophagidae (Acari: Astigmata), with descriptions of a new subfamily, genus, and species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78(6): 783–789. abstract only seen Reference page.