Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
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Info
Chapter:
4-453.70.00
Trombidiformes
Synonym: Acari; Acarina
English: Mites, Ticks.
Clades: ± 125 families; 22000 species.
Zoology: 2 orders, Acariformes, Actinotrichida), Parasitiformes (or Anactinotrichida), and Opilioacariformes; the latter is often considered a subgroup within the Parasitiformes; minute to small; more than 50000 species.
Zoology
Keynotes: few synapomorphies
Families
Demodex: chiggers and scrub itch mites; medically important
Tetranychidae: spider mites; agriculturally important.
Eriophyidae: Gall mites; agriculturally important.
Taxonomy
Trombidiformes can be divided into Sphaerolichida and Prostigmata.