| Enarthronota Temporal range: Devonian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Hypochthonius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Suborder: | Enarthronota Grandjean, 1947 |
Enarthronota is a suborder of mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 14 families and more than 450 described species in Enarthronota.
Families
These 14 families belong to the suborder Enarthronota:
- Arborichthoniidae J. & P. Balogh, 1992
- Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949
- Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934
- Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947 (cosmochthoniids)
- Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947
- Haplochthoniidae Hammen, 1959
- Heterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1954
- Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910
- Nothridae Berlese, 1896
- Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946
- Phyllochthoniidae Travé, 1967
- Protoplophoridae Ewing, 1917
- Pterochthoniidae Grandjean, 1950
- Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947
References
- "Enarthronota Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
- "Enarthronota Suborder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-13.
Further reading
- Marshall, V. G.; Reeves, R. M.; Norton, R. A. (1987). "Catalogue of the Oribatida (Acari) of continental United States and Canada". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 119: i–418. doi:10.4039/entm119139fv.
- Pepato, A. R.; Klimov, P. B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
- Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
- Halliday, R. B.; O'connor, O'B. M.; Baker, A. S. (2000). "Global diversity of mites". In Raven, P. H. (ed.). Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. pp. 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142. ISBN 978-0-309-06555-9.
External links
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