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Cepheoidea

Arachnida - Acariformes

Taxonomy
Cepheoidea was named by Berlese (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Brachypylina by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Cepheoidea Berlese
2013Cepheoidea Dunlop et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
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)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyCepheoideaBerlese 1896
superfamilyCepheoideaBerlese 1896

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. Cepheoidea Berlese 1896
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Fm. Cepheidae Berlese 1896
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G. Cepheus Koch 1835
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Cepheus corae Jacot 1928
Cepheus implicatus Sellnick 1919
Invalid names: Tegeocranus Nicolet 1855 [synonym]
G. Ommatocepheus Berlese 1913
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Ommatocepheus nortoni Arillo et al. 2008
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 Albian to the top of the Messinian or 113.20000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Ommatocepheus nortoni (163780)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Tegeocranus implicatus (123927)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Cephenus corae (123352)