Caeculidae

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]

Caeculidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Predatory rake mite (Caeculidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Suborder:	Prostigmata
Infraorder:	Anystina
Superfamily:	Caeculoidea
Family:	Caeculidae

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