Family Prothoplophoridae Ewing 1917
Arachnida - Acariformes - Prothoplophoridae
Alternative spelling: Protoplophoridae
Parent taxon: Prothoplophoroidea according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also SubĂas and Arillo 2002
Sister taxon: Cosmochthoniidae
Subtaxa: Archaeoplophora
Distribution: found only at Fair Head, Ballycastle (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)