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Order Trombidiformes

Another mite Prunus Leaf Gall ID Request - Eriophyes cerasicrumena Erythraeidae - Callidosoma 8-Legged Arachnid; Metallic Body, Red Limbs; Very, Very Small - Balaustium red velvet mite - Trombidium Unknown Arthropod mites on a fly1 The moth, I know...I'd like to meet the Mighty mites, please
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Acariformes
Order Trombidiformes
Explanation of Names
Trombidiformes Reuter 1909
Numbers
worldwide, ~26,000 spp. in ~2,240 genera of 150 families and 44 superfamilies(1)
Works Cited
1.Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Zhang ZQ, Fan QH, Pesic V, Smit H, Bochkov AV, Khaustov AA, Baker A, Wohltmann A, Wen T, Amrine JW, Beron P, Lin J, Gabrys G... 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 129–138.