Cepheoidea
Taxonavigation
[edit]Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Subordo: Brachypylina
Superfamilia: Cepheoidea
Familiae (7):
Cepheidae -
Cerocepheidae -
Eutegaeidae -
Microtegeidae -
Nosybeidae -
?Anderemaeidae -
?Brazilobatidae
Name
[edit]- Cepheoidea Berlese, 1896 [junior homonym]
- Authority for current placement: Schatz et al., 2011: 142
- undisputed by all subsequent authorities
- Type genus: Cepheus Koch, 1835/6
- Authority for current placement: Schatz et al., 2011: 142
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- ?Berlese, A. 1896: Ordo Cryptostigmata (Oribatidae). Portici: Sumptibus Autoris. BHL [here, Cepheus seems to be placed in Tegeocranidae]
Additional references
[edit]- Norton, R.A.; Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2009: Chapter fifteen. Suborder Oribatida. Pp. 430-564 in: Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E. (eds) A manual of acarology. Third edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock Texas. ISBN 0896726207 [see p. 456]
- Schatz, H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., OConnor, B.M. & Norton, R.A. 2011. Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. Pp 141–148 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . Full article (PDF) Reference page.