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Superfamily Trombidioidea - Velvet Mites and Chiggers

Representative Images

Spider? Tick? - Trombidium Parasitic (phoretic?) mite on a Phoridae - Trombidium Mite - Allothrombium Trombidiidae - Trombidium Trombidium sp.? - Trombidium Balaustium? - Podothrombium Trombidium? Trombidium

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 Ray Fisher, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2024 - 3:22pm

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