Proctophyllodidae

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Proctophyllodidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Subclass: Acarina Superorder: Acariformes Order: Astigmata (unranked) Psoroptidia Superfamily: Analgoidea Family: Proctophyllodidae
Subfamilies
Proctophyllodinae Pterodectinae

The Proctophyllodidae are a family of the Acarina (mite) order Astigmata. They contain many feather mites. The Alloptidae and Trouessartiidae were in earlier times included here as subfamilies.

Proctophyllodidae females are extremely similar among species and sometimes even hard to assign to a genus, while males vary much more. Two subfamilies are generally recognized, the Proctophyllodinae and the Pterodectinae. The main difference is that the female pregenital apodeme and epimerites IV are separated, while in the latter they are connected and form a distinct structure.

[edit] Selected genera^{[verification needed]}

Proctophyllodinae

• Allodectes Gaud & Berla, 1963 – tentatively placed here
• Anisophyllodes Atyeo, 1967
• Bradyphyllodes Atyeo and Gaud, 1970
• Diproctophyllodes Atyeo and Gaud, 1968
• Favettea Trouessart, 1915
• Hemipterodectes Berla, 1959
• Joubertophyllodes Atyeo & Gaud, 1971
• Monojoubertia Radford, 1950
• Nycteridocaulus Atyeo, 1966
• Philepittalges Atyeo, 1966
• Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877
• Ptyctophyllodes Atyeo, 1967
• Tanyphyllodes Atyeo, 1966

Pterodectinae

• Anisodiscus Gaud & Mouchet, 1957
• Dolichodectes
• Megalodectes
• Montesauria Oudemans, 1905
• Neodectes
• Pedanodectes
• Proterothrix Gaud, 1968
• Pterodectes Robin, 1877^{[verification needed]} – possibly not monophyletic
• Syntomodectes
• Toxerodectes
• Trochilodectes
• Xynonodectes