The external morphology of 2 closely related mite families, Cloacaridae and Epimyodicidae (Acari: Prostigmata), comprising highly specialized endoparasites of vertebrates, is analyzed. These mites exhibit strong regression of many structures ancestrally present in other Prostigmata as a consequence of their endoparasitic mode of life. The relationships of these 2 families with other taxa in the infraorder Eleutherengona are still not clear. Our reinterpretation of the chelicerae as unfused precludes inclusion of this lineage in the Cheyletoidea as proposed previously. A new superfamily, Cloacaroidea superfam. nov., incertae sedis, within the infraorder Eleutherengona is established for these 2 families, and their host–parasite relationships are briefly discussed. A new cloacarid species, Caminacarus dawsoni n. sp., from Graptemys pseudogeographica (Testudines: Emydidae) from the United States is also described.
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April 01 2008
A New Mite Superfamily Cloacaroidea and its Position Within the Prostigmata (Acariformes)
Andre V. Bochkov;
Andre V. Bochkov
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia. prostigmata@zin.ru
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Barry M. OConnor
Barry M. OConnor
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia. prostigmata@zin.ru
* Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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J Parasitol (2008) 94 (2): 335–344.
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Andre V. Bochkov, Barry M. OConnor; A New Mite Superfamily Cloacaroidea and its Position Within the Prostigmata (Acariformes). J Parasitol 1 April 2008; 94 (2): 335–344. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-930.1
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