A review of relevant literature underpins a revised definition required for the Eupodoidea. Cladistic analysis of 22 taxa and 44 characters indicates that the Penthalodidae are monophyletic and the Penthaleidae are paraphyletic. The phyletic status of the Eupodidae was not resolved. The Rhagidiidae are either paraphyletic or, if Strandtmanniidae is regarded as a synonym of Rhagidiidae, monophyletic.
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1 July 1996
A review and cladistic analysis of the Eupodoidea (Acari: Acariformes)
Ting-Kui Qin
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 1 • No. 1
July 1996
Vol. 1 • No. 1
July 1996
cladistic analysis
Eupodidae
Eupodoidea
Penthaleidae
Rhagidiidae
Strandtmanniidae