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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes

Order Trombidiformes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
velvety mite - Trombidium Spider mite? Acari 9 - Linopodes unknown mite Leptus on Harvestman? - Leptus Anystis - Whirligig Mites - Anystis Gambel oak erineium gall mite, dorsal-lateral - Aceria Trombidiidae
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.
Contributed by Ray Fisher on 9 December, 2012 - 4:23pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2014 - 5:39pm

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