Pterochthonius
Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites
van der Hammen, L.
Zoologische Verhandelingen
1959
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Arachnida
Pterochthoniidae
Pterochthonius
Animalia
Sarcoptiformes
23
24
Arthropoda
genus
PterochthoniusBerlese, 1913, p. 104.
Berlese created Pterochthoniusas a subgenus of Cosmochthonius, but the resemblance of the two is superficial and holds good in the number of dorsal "coupures" only. As mentioned above, Pterochthoniusmust be regarded as an isolated genus. P. angelusis the type and single representative of it.