Acarophenacidae

Acarophenacidae; Temporal range: Cretaceous–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Acarophenacidae; Cross, 1965
Genera
	Acarophenax Newstead & Duvall, 1918; Adactylidium Cross, 1965; Aegyptophenax Rady, 1992; Aethiophenax Mahunka, 1981; Paracarophenax Cross, 1965; Paradactylidium Mahunka, 1973; Proadactylidium Khaustov et al., 2021; Protophenax Magowski, 1994;

Acarophenacidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes that are egg parasitoids and ectoparasites of beetles or thrips.^[1] It contains eight genera and around 40 species.^[2]

^ Uri Gerson, Robert L. Smiley & Ronald Ochoa (2008). "Acarophenacidae". Mites (Acari) for Pest Control. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 74–77. doi:10.1002/9780470750995.ch5. ISBN 9781405150972.
^ Khaustov, Alexander A.; Vorontsov, Dmitry D.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.; Lindquist, Evert E. (2021-01-06). "Review of fossil heterostigmatic mites (Acari: Heterostigmata) from late Eocene Rovno Amber. I. Families Tarsocheylidae, Dolichocybidae and Acarophenacidae". Systematic and Applied Acarology. 26 (1): 33–61. doi:10.11158/saa.26.1.3. ISSN 1362-1971.