Trombidiformes

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

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Trombidiformes is a large, diverse order of mites.

Taxonomy

In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. [1] The group has few 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]

Contents

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] :

See also

The mite Eutarsopolipus paryavae (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) (male) Parasite210080-Fig02 Eutarsopolipus paryavae.png
The mite Eutarsopolipus paryavae (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) (male)

e.g. Hydrachnidae

e.g. others:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). "Trombidiformes. Trombidiform mites". Tree of Life Web Project . Retrieved June 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz255 . hdl: 10261/209118 . ISSN   0737-4038. PMID   31670799.
  3. ↑ David Evans Walker (2004). "Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy". In Margaret Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker (ed.). Forest Canopies. Physiological Ecology Series (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 224–241. ISBN   978-0-12-457553-0.
  4. 1 2 Zhang, Zhi-Qiang; Fan, Qing-Hai; Pesic, Vladimir; Smit, Harry; Bochkov, Andre V.; Khaustov, A. A.; Baker, Anne; Wohltmann, Andreas; Wen, Tinghuan; Amrine, James W.; Beron, P.; Lin, Jianzhen; Gabrys, Grzegorz; Husband, Robert (2011). "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Magnolia Press. pp. 129–147. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24. ISBN   978-1-86977-850-7. ISSN   1175-5334.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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