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Caeculidae
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Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide.[2][3][4][5] The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.[6]

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Genera

These six genera belong to the family Caeculidae:

  • Allocaeculus Franz, 1952
  • Andocaeculus Coineau, 1974
  • Caeculus Dufour, 1832
  • Calocaeculus Coineau, 1974
  • Microcaeculus Franz, 1952
  • Neocaeculus Coineau, 1967
  • Procaeculus Jacot 1936

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