Trombidiformes

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Trombidiformes
Temporal range: Devonian–present
Trombidium holosericeum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborders

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The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.

Taxonomy

In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the

synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of acariform mites, Sarcoptiformes.[1] Its members include medically important mites (such as Demodex, the chiggers, and scrub-itch mites) and many agriculturally important species, including the spider mites (Tetranychidae).[1] The superfamily Eriophyoidea, traditionally considered members of the Trombidiformes, have been found to be basal mites in genomic analyses, sister to the clade containing Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes.[2]

The 2004 classification retained the two suborders, comprising around 125 families and more than 22,000 described species.[3]

In the 2011 revised classification, the order now contains 151 families, 2235

genera and 25,821 species, and there were another 10 species with 24 species that present only as fossils.[4] These 151 families were classified into the same two major suborders[4]
：

  • Sphaerolichida OConnor, 1984: Now contains only two families;
  • Prostigmata Kramer, 1877: Still the biggest branch in this taxon, with four infraorders and 40 superfamilies.

See also

The mite Eutarsopolipus paryavae (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) (male)

e.g. Hydrachnidae

e.g. others:

References

  1. ^ a b c Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). "Trombidiformes. Trombidiform mites". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
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