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Alycidae

Arachnida - Acariformes - Alycidae

Taxonomy
Alycidae was named by Canestrini and Fanzago (1877). It is extant.

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

Subtaxa
Protacarus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Alycidae Canestrini and Fanzago
2013Alycidae Dunlop et al. p. 86

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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
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—PoecilophysideaPepato et al. 2010
orderAcariformes(Zakhvatkin 1952)
suborderSarcoptiformesReuter 1909
infraorderEndeostigmata
—Alycina
superfamilyAlycoideaCanestrini and Fanzago 1877
familyAlycidaeCanestrini and Fanzago 1877
familyAlycidaeCanestrini and Fanzago 1877

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.

Fm. Alycidae Canestrini and Fanzago 1877
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G. †Protacarus Hirst 1923
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†Protacarus crani Hirst 1923
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: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62United Kingdom (Scotland) Protacarus crani (172777)