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Eriophyoidea

Arachnida - Acariformes

Taxonomy
Eriophyoidea was named by Nalepa (1898). It is extant.

It was assigned to Acari by Lindquist and Grimaldi (2012); to Eupodides by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Tetrapodili by Lindquist and Sidorchuk (2014).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Eriophyoidea Nalepa
2012Eriophyoidea Lindquist and Grimaldi
2013Eriophyoidea Dunlop et al. p. 72
2014Eriophyoidea Lindquist and Sidorchuk p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderTrombidiformesReuter 1909
TetrapodiliOudemans 1923
superfamilyEriophyoideaNalepa 1898
superfamilyEriophyoideaNalepa 1898

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Eriophyoidea Nalepa 1898
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Fm. Eriophyidae Nalepa 1898 [gall mite]
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G. Aculops Keifer 1966
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Aculops keiferi Southcott and Lange 1971
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Eriophyes beutenmulleri Cockerell 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Chadronian or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Aculops keiferi (197395)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Eriophyes beutenmulleri (106381)