Overview
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The Trombidiformes is a large, diverse order of mites, comprising around 125 families and more than 22,000 described species.1] The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of acariform mites, Sarcoptiformes.[2] Its members include medically important mites (such as the chiggers and ) and many agriculturally important species, including the spider mites (Tetranychidae) and gall mites (Eriophyidae).[2] Trombidiformes can be divided into Sphaerolichida and Prostigmata.[2]
See also
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- Alycus
- Bdellodes
- Eupodes
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- ^ David Evans Walker (2004). "Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy". In Margaret Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker. Forest Canopies. Physiological Ecology Series (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 224?241. ISBN 9780124575530.
- ^ a b c Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). "Trombidiformes. Trombidiform mites". Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Trombidiformes/2568/1998.08.09. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
External links
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Media related to Trombidiformes at Wikimedia Commons
Taxonomy
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The Order Trombidiformes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (7): Axonopsidae · Clathrosperchonidae · Nautarachnidae · Protziidae · Pseudohydryphantidae · Sperchonidae · Thyasidae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 283 species and subspecies in the Order Trombidiformes.
Families
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Axonopsidae
Clathrosperchonidae
Nautarachnidae
Protziidae
Pseudohydryphantidae
Sperchonidae
Thyasidae
At least 11 species and subspecies belong to the Family Thyasidae.
More info about the Family Thyasidae may be found here.
References
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- ^ David Evans Walker (2004). "Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy". In Margaret Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker. Forest Canopies. Physiological Ecology Series (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 224?241. ISBN 9780124575530.
- ^ a b c Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). "Trombidiformes. Trombidiform mites". Tree of Life Web Project. http://tolweb.org/Trombidiformes/2568/1998.08.09. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
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