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Suborder Parasitina

 
 
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Sexual dimorphism in deutonymphs of mites of the family Parasitidae (Acari: Mesostigmata)
By Dana L. Wrensch and Donald E. Johnston
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 76, No. 3: 473-474, 1983
I post an image of a Parasitid deutonymph sternum which shows the subject "small, clear area surrounded by a raylike pattern in the posterior part of the sternal shield", identifying it as female, and a corresponding image of a male, showing that it lacks this feature.

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New species of parasitic nasal mites infesting birds in Manitoba, Canada (Mesostigmata, Rhinonyssidae)
By Wayne Knee
ZooKeys 786:1-17, 2018
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New species: Sternostoma gallowayi and Vitznyssus erici

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

The phytophagous and predatory mites (Acari) on Prunus (Rosaceae) in southeastern Canada
By Marie-Ève Garon-Labrecque
Masters Thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2017

Mites of Greenhouses - Identification, Biology and Control
By Zhi-Qiang Zhang
CABI Publishing, 2003
Read online free at Issuu.com

An Introduction to Acarology
By E. W. Baker and G. W. Wharton
Macmillan, 1952

Mites Injurious to Economic Plants
By L. R. Jeppson, H. H. Keifer, and E. W. Baker
University of California Press, 1975

A manual of acarology, 3rd Ed.
By G.W. Krantz and D.E. Walter
Texas Tech University Press, 2009
From Amazon:
"In the thirty years since the second edition of A Manual of Acarology was published, acarologists have discovered a multitude of new mite taxa, made major modifications in acarine classification, and profoundly altered their understanding of this vast group, inspiring new and innovative approaches to resolving many basic and applied acarological problems. Now, this completely revised and updated reference, the most comprehensive and recent in the discipline, is available to researchers, teachers, students, and plant and animal scientists wishing to explore the complex and often astonishing world of mites.

 
 
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