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Cepheidae

Arachnida - Acariformes - Cepheidae

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

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
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
infraorderOribatidaDugès 1834
BrachypylinaHull 1918
superfamilyCepheoideaBerlese 1896
familyCepheidaeBerlese 1896
familyCepheidaeBerlese 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.

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