Taxonavigation

Familia: Ereynetidae
Subfamilia: Speleognathinae
Tribus (5): Boydaiini – Paraspeleognathopsini – Speleochirini – Speleognathini – Trispeleognathini

Overview of genera: Astrida – Boydaia – Speleognathopsis – Speleognathus
...

Name

Speleognathinae Womersley, 1936

• Original status: valid subfamily
• Type genus: Speleognathus

Notes

• First, the taxon proposed by Womersley (1936) was a family (the Speleognathidae).
• It was lowered in hierarchic rank by Fain (1957: 251) and considered a member of Ereynetidae.
• It was divided in 5 tribes by Fain (1985).

References

• Fain, A. 1957. Sur la position systématique de Riccardoella eweri Lawrence 1952 et de Boydaia angelae Womersley 1953. Remaniement de la famille Ereynetidae Oudemans 1931. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 55: 249–252.
• Fain, A. 1985. Systematic notes on the Speleognathinae (Acari, Ereynetidae) with description of new taxa and a key to the Trispeleognathini. Bulletin & Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie 121: 143–152.
• Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page. 
• Womersley, H. 1936. On a new family of Acarina, with a description of a new genus and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18(10): 312–315.