Order Mesostigmata - Mesostigs

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

Varroa Mite - Varroa destructor - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Parasitiformes

Order Mesostigmata (Mesostigs)

Explanation of Names

Mesostigmata G. Canestrini 1891

Numbers

~11,500 spp. in almost 900 genera of ~110 families total(1)

Remarks

Many members of this group are free living and predatory rather than parasitic like other 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 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Theridula, Graham M, v belov
Last updated 17 December, 2019 - 1:54pm

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