Phthiracarus Perty, 1841
(a genus of mites)

Phthiracarus (a genus of mites) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhthiracarus (a genus of mites)
FamilyPHTHIRACARIDAE (a family of mites)
SuperfamilyPHTHIRACAROIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
CohortEuptyctima (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortMixonomatides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phthiracarus (a genus of mites)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Parry, B.W. 1979 A revision of the British species of the genus Phthiracarus Perty, 1841 (Cryptostigmata : Euptyctima) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) Vol 35 (5): 323-363.

Phthiracarus (a genus of mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phthiracarus (a genus of mites):

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