Superorder Parasitiformes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Squirrel ear tick - Dermacentor variabilis

Tick found on a child's arm - Dermacentor

Rocky Mountain or Dog Tick - Dermacentor - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Parasitiformes

Explanation of Names

Parasitiformes Reuter 1909

Numbers

~12,500 spp. in >900 genera of 127 families, arranged into 34 superfamilies and 4 orders(1)

Remarks

This section is being reorganized per the Acari Project.

Internet References

Classification of bee mites

Works Cited

1.	Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Beaulieu F., Dowling A.P.G., Klompen H., de Moraes G.J., Walter D.E. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 123–128.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 December, 2006 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2014 - 4:34pm

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