Overview
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Taxonomy
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The Family Ameridae is a member of the Superfamily Amerobelboidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ameridae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Arachnomorpha
Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes
- Superclass: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
- Subclass: Acari
Leach, 1817 - Mites and Ticks
- Superorder: Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952 - Mitelike Mites
- Order: Oribatida
van der Hammen, 1968
- Suborder: Brachypylina
Hull, 1918
- Superfamily: Amerobelboidea
Grandjean, 1954
- Family: Ameridae Bulanova-Zakhvatkina, 1957
- Superfamily: Amerobelboidea
Grandjean, 1954
- Suborder: Brachypylina
Hull, 1918
- Order: Oribatida
van der Hammen, 1968
- Superorder: Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952 - Mitelike Mites
- Subclass: Acari
Leach, 1817 - Mites and Ticks
- Class: Arachnida
Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
- Superclass: Chelicerata
- Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes
- Subphylum: Arachnomorpha
Heider, 1913
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Ameridae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (8): Amerus · Andesamerus · Caenosamerus · Ctenamerus · Defectamerus · Haplamerus · Hymenobelba · Pteramerus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in the Family Ameridae.
Genera
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Amerus
Amerus (also Aluredus, Annuerus, Aumerus) was a 13th century English music theorist who lived in Italy. [more]
Andesamerus
Caenosamerus
Ctenamerus
Defectamerus
Haplamerus
Hymenobelba
Pteramerus
More info about the Genus Pteramerus may be found here.
Sources
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