Caeculidae, also known as rake-legged mites, is a family of mites in the order
Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 9 genera and about 100 described species in Caeculidae which occur world-wide.[2][3][4][5] The oldest records of the family are from the
Cenomanian aged
Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.[6]
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