Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Arachnida > Subclass Micrura > Subclass Acari > Superorder Actinotrichida > Suborder Prostigmata > Suborder Anystina > Superfamily Hygrobatoidea > Family Pontarachnidae

Pontarachna Philippi, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pontarachna adriatica Morselli, 1980
Pontarachna pontica K. Viets, 1928
Pontarachna punctulum Philippi, 1840
Pontarachna valkanovi Petrova, 1978

Literature

original description	Philippi, A. (1840). Zoologische Bemerkungen. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., eine Hydrachnide des Meeres. [Zoological Remarks. VI. Pontarachna punctulum Ph., a Hydrachnid of the Sea.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 6(1): 181-195, pls. 3-4.
basis of record	Smit, H. (2002). [Two new species of the water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Pontarachna hinumaensis Imamura]. Zootaxa 22: 1-8