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Prothoplophoridae

Arachnida - Acariformes - Prothoplophoridae

Taxonomy
Prothoplophoridae was named by Ewing (1917). It is extant.

It was assigned to Protoplophoroidea by Subías and Arillo (2002); and to Prothoplophoroidea by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Prothoplophoridae Ewing
2002Protoplophoridae Subías and Arillo p. 103
2013Prothoplophoridae Dunlop et al. p. 88

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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
EnarthronotaGrandjean 1947
superfamilyProthoplophoroideaEwing 1917
familyProthoplophoridaeEwing 1917
familyProthoplophoridaeEwing 1917

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. Prothoplophoridae Ewing 1917
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G. Archaeoplophora Subías and Arillo 2002
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Archaeoplophora bella Subías and Arillo 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available