EPICRIIDAE Berlese, 1885
(a family of Epicrioid mites)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEPICRIIDAE (a family of Epicrioid mites)
SuperfamilyEPICRIOIDEA (an order of Mesostigmatid mites)
SubcohortEpicriiae (a subcohort of mites)
CohortGamasina (a cohort of mites)
SuborderMONOGYNASPIDA (a suborder of mites)
OrderMESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
SuperorderPARASITIFORMES (parasitiform 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Evans, G.O. 1955 A Revision of the family Epicriidae (Acarina - Mesostigmata) Vol 3(4): 169-200, Plates 1-2.

EPICRIIDAE (a family of Epicrioid mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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