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
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborder: Prostigmata
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]

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

Families

These eight families belong to the superfamily Trombidioidea:

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Trombidiformes Order of mites

The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.

Limnochares americana is a species of mite in the family Limnocharidae.

Caeculidae Family of mites

Caeculidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes, the only family of the superfamily Caeculoidea. There are about 6 genera and more than 30 described species in Caeculidae, found in North America, Australia, and southern Africa. The oldest records of the family are from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber, belonging to the extant genus Procaeculus.

Limnocharidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least 4 genera and about 12 described species in Limnocharidae.

Hydryphantidae Family of mites

Hydryphantidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are more than 30 genera and 130 described species in Hydryphantidae.

Limnochares is a genus of mites in the family Limnocharidae. There are at least two described species in Limnochares.

<i>Linopodes</i> Genus of mites

Linopodes is a genus of mites in the family Cocceupodidae. There are at least two described species in Linopodes.

Cocceupodidae Family of mites

Cocceupodidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least 3 genera and about 23 described species in Cocceupodidae.

Eupodoidea Superfamily of mites

Eupodoidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 8 families and more than 160 described species in Eupodoidea.

<i>Neotrombidium</i> Genus of mites

Neotrombidium is a genus of velvet mites and chiggers in the family Neotrombidiidae. There are at least three described species in Neotrombidium.

Neotrombidiidae Family of mites

Neotrombidiidae is a family of velvet mites and chiggers in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least four genera in Neotrombidiidae.

<i>Panonychus</i> Genus of mites

Panonychus is a genus of spider mites in the family Tetranychidae. There are about 16 described species in Panonychus.

Tetranychoidea Superfamily of mites

Tetranychoidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 5 families and more than 2,200 described species in Tetranychoidea.

<i>Penthaleus major</i> Species of mite

Penthaleus major, known generally as the winter grain mite or blue oat mite, is a species of earth mite in the family Penthaleidae.

Hydryphantoidea Superfamily of mites

Hydryphantoidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 6 families and more than 250 described species in Hydryphantoidea.

Adamystidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least three genera, one of which is extinct, in Adamystidae.

Calyptostomatidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least two genera and about six described species in Calyptostomatidae.

Johnstonianidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 7 genera and more than 20 described species in Johnstonianidae.

Pseudocheylidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least two genera in Pseudocheylidae.

Teneriffiidae Family of mites

Teneriffiidae is a family of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are at least four genera in Teneriffiidae.

References

  1. "Trombidioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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