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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Anystina » Parasitengona » Trombidiina » Velvet Mites and Chiggers (Trombidioidea)

Superfamily Trombidioidea - Velvet Mites and Chiggers

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited
Velvet mite? - Trombidium Plushy red mite - Trombidium Mite - Allothrombium Mite - Podothrombium Mite - Trombidium velvet mite - Allothrombium Red mite - Trombidium Eutrombidium 1/26/2021 - Eutrombidium
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Acariformes
Order Trombidiformes
Suborder Prostigmata (Prostigs)
Infraorder Anystina
No Taxon (Parasitengona)
No Taxon (Trombidiina)
Superfamily Trombidioidea (Velvet Mites and Chiggers)
Numbers
>2100 spp. in >400 genera worldwide, arranged in 16 families(1)
Identification
Identification to family requires a side view of the palps
Remarks
life history summarized in (2)
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World
2.Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea)
Z.Q. Zhang. 1998. Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 139-155.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 December, 2006 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by Theridula, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2024 - 3:22pm

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