Phthiracarus Perty, 1841
(a genus of mites)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhthiracarus (a genus of mites)
FamilyPHTHIRACARIDAE (a family of mites)
SuperfamilyPHTHIRACAROIDEA (a superfamily of mites)
CohortEuptyctima (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortMixonomatides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform 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
Parry, B.W. 1979 A revision of the British species of the genus Phthiracarus Perty, 1841 (Cryptostigmata : Euptyctima) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) Vol 35 (5): 323-363.

Phthiracarus (a genus of mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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