Protoplophoridae

Lateral view, dorsal view of aspis, and ventral view of hysterosoma of Prototritia (Siciliophora) sicula, from Balogh & Balogh (1992, vol. 2).

Belongs within: Enarthronota.

The Protoplophoridae are a cosmopolitan family of oribatid mites with a ptychoid body form, able to withdraw the legs and close the aspis against the notogaster and ventral region, and with the notogaster divided by three transverse sutures (Balogh & Balogh 1992). A telescoping type L scissure divides the notogaster between the c and d setal rows.

<==Protoplophoridae [Protoplophorinae]
    |--Aedoplophora Grandjean 1932 NB-P09, S04
    |    `--A. glomerata Grandjean 1932 NB-P09, S04 [=Prototritia (Prototritia) glomerata S04]
    |--Cryptoplophora Grandjean 1932 S04
    |    |--*C. abscondita Grandjean 1932 S04
    |    `--C. asiatica Gordeeva, Niemi & Petrova-Nikitina 1998 S04
    |--Protoplophora Berlese 1910 S04
    |    |--*P. palpalis Berlese 1910 [incl. P. grandjeani Bernini 1983] S04
    |    `--P. oglasicola Bernini 1983 S04
    |--Arthrhoplophora Berlese 1910 [incl. Neoprototritia Shereef 1978, Triplophora Mahunka 1977] S04
    |    |--*A. paradoxa Berlese 1910 S04
    |    |--A. vulpes Berlese 1916 [incl. A. (Triplophora) berlesei Mahunka 1977] S04
    |    `--A. zachvatkini (Shereef 1978) [=Neoprototritia zachvatkini] S04
    |--Grandjeanoplophora Balogh & Mahunka 1979 S04
    |    |--*G. (Grandjeanoplophora) mauritanica (Grandjean 1932) [=Cryptoplophora mauritanica] S04
    |    `--G. (Tauroplophora Gordeeva, Niemi & Petrova-Nikitina 1998) S04
    |         `--G. (*T.) aureonotata (Gordeeva, Niemi & Petrova-Nikitina 1998) [=Tauroplophora aureonotata] S04
    |--Hauseroplophora Mahunka 1977 S04
    |    |--*H. soniae Mahunka 1977 S04
    |    |--H. flagellata Mahunka 1987 S04
    |    `--H. phitosi Mahunka 1977 S04
    |--Bursoplophora Subías & Pérez-Íñigo 1978 [incl. Csibiplophora Mahunka 1984] S04
    |    |--*B. iberica Subías & Pérez-Íñigo 1978 S04
    |    |--B. ethiopica Mahunka 1982 S04
    |    |--B. genavensium (Mahunka 1984) [=Csibiplophora genavensium] S04
    |    |--B. insularis Kahwash, Subías & Ruiz 1989 S04
    |    |--B. madagassica Mahunka 1994 S04
    |    |--B. meridionalis Bernini 1983 S04
    |    |--B. muraiae Mahunka & Mejía-Recamier 1998 S04
    |    `--B. tyrrhenica Bernini 1983 S04
    `--Prototritia Berlese 1916 S04
         |--P. (Prototritia) S04
         |    |--*P. (P.) armadillo (Berlese 1916) S04 (see below for synonymy)
         |    |--P. (P.) africana (Mahunka 1977) [=Aedoplophora africana] S04
         |    |--P. (P.) grandjeani (Mahunka 1977) [=Aedoplophora grandjeani] S04
         |    |--P. (P.) major (Jacot 1933) [=Aedoplophora major] S04
         |    `--P. (P.) palaciosi Mahunka & Mejía-Recamier 1998 S04
         `--P. (Siciliophora Bernini 1983) S04
              `--P. (*S.) sicula Bernini 1983 S04

*Prototritia (Prototritia) armadillo (Berlese 1916) S04 [=Arthrhoplophora (*P.) armadillo S04, Prothoplophora (*P.) armadillo BB92]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB92] Balogh, J. & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[NB-P09] Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.