Superfamily Trombidioidea

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Allothrombium adult and larvae - Allothrombium

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Acariformes

Order Actinedida

Suborder Parasitengona

Superfamily Trombidioidea

Numbers

>2100 spp. in >400 genera worldwide, arranged in 16 families(1)

Identification

Identification to family level 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) By Z.Q. Zhang

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 December, 2006 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 21 May, 2011 - 11:56pm

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