''Lanceacheyla whartoni'' is a species of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

in a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

genus in the family

Cheyletidae Cheyletidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes Trombidiformes is a large, diverse order of mites. Taxonomy In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. The group has few synapomorphies by whi ...

.Xia, B., Klompen, H., & Childers, C.C. (2011). "A new genus and species of Cheyletidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) from citrus trees in Florida." ''Zootaxa'' 2796: 29-36.

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Trombidiformes Monotypic arachnid genera Acari genera {{Trombidiformes-stub