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Brachypylina
Suborder Brachypylina
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class
Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass
Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder
Acariformes
Order
Oribatida (Oribatids)
Suborder
Brachypylina
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Circumdehiscentiae Grandjean 1954
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Explanation of Names
Brachypylina Hull 1918
Numbers
>7,700 described spp. in ~1,100 genera of >130 families and 25 superfamilies worldwide
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Works Cited
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Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Schatz H., Behan-Pelletier V.M., O'Connor B.M., Norton R.A. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 141–148.
Contributed by
Jim McClarin
on 30 December, 2006 - 7:52am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 29 December, 2014 - 6:23am