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THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE HETEROCHEYLIDAE TRÄGÅRDH (ACARI: ACARIFORMES: PROSTIGMATA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Evert E. Lindquist  and
John B. Kethley
Evert E. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
John B. Kethley
Affiliation:
Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

The history of placement of the Heterocheylidae Trägårdh, 1950, is reviewed. The family does not belong in either the Anystoidea or the Cheyletoidea, and instead is placed in its own superfamily, Heterocheyloidea Trägårdh new status, which in turn is transferred to a position beside the cohort Tarsonemina in the supercohort Heterostigmata. The placement of Heterocheylidae in the Heterostigmata is based upon the presence of paired stigmatic openings on the anterolateral margin of the dorsum of the propodosoma, the subcapsular form of the gnathosoma, the structure of the palpi, the sequence of dorsal setae and tergites of the hysterosoma, and other characters. Diagnoses for the Heterostigmata and the Heterocheyloidea are given. The relationship of the Heterocheyloidea to the Tarsonemina is discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 8 , August 1975 , pp. 887 - 898
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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