CTENACARIDAE Grandjean, 1954

The family Ctenacaridae was created by Grandjean (1954a) in his recent monograph; at the same time the family was divided into 3 subfamilies: Ctenacarinae, Adelphacarinae, and Aphelacarinae . The last-mentioned group contains one of Berlese's species; it is dealt with below.

[ Aphelacarus acarinus]