Trombidioidea

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Trombidioidea
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Allothrombium
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Infraorder: Anystina
Superfamily: Trombidioidea
Leach, 1815

Trombidioidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 8 families and at least 430 described species in Trombidioidea. [1] [2]

Contents

Trombidium breei Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) with trombidium breei.jpg
Trombidium breei

Families

These families belong to the superfamily Trombidioidea:

For "Eutrombidiidae", see as subfamily under Microtrombidiidae
Others unplaced:

? Platyseta Wharton, 1938

References

  1. "Trombidioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

Further reading