Endeostigmata

Endeostigmata is a suborder of acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata.^[1] The grouping is strongly suspected to be paraphyletic, containing unrelated early diverging lineages of mites.^[2]

Endeostigmata
Endeostigmata:Nanorchestidae:Nanorchestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Superorder:	Acariformes
Suborder:	Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909

Taxonomy

Source:^[3][4]

• Suborder Endeostigmata Reuter, 1909 (5 superfamilies, 10 families, 27 genera, 108 species)
  • Infraorder Bimichaliida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Alycoidea G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (3 families)
      • Family Alycidae G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877 (6 genera, 29 species)
      • Family Nanorchestidae Grandjean, 1937 (5 genera, 45 species)
      • Family Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & Palacios-Vargas, 1991 (1 genus, 1 species)
  • Infraorder Nematalycina Lindquist, Krantz & Walter, 2009 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Nematalycoidea Strenke, 1954 (2 families)
      • Family Micropsammidae Coineau & Theron, 1983 (1 genus, 1 species)
      • Family Nematalycidae Strenke, 1954 (4 genera, 4 species)
      • Family Proteonematalycidae Kethley, 1989 (1 genus, 1 species)
  • Infraorder Terpnacarida Oconnor, 1984 (2 superfamilies)
    • Superfamily Oehserchestoidea Kethley, 1977 (1 family)
      • Family Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 4 species)
      • Family Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977 (1 genus, 3 species)
    • Superfamily Terpnacaroidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
      • Family Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939 (2 genera, 11 species)
  • Infraorder Alicorhagiida Oconnor, 1984 (1 superfamily)
    • Superfamily Alicorhagioidea Grandjean, 1939 (1 family)
      • Family Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939 (5 genera, 9 species)