Sarcoptiformes
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Sarcoptiformes | |
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Tectodamaeus wulongensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Subclass: | Acari |
Superorder: | Acariformes |
Order: | Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 [1][2] |
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families, which are divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigmatina.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Enzio Reuter (1909). "Zur Morphologie und Ontogenie der acariden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Pendiculopsis graminum (E. Reut.)". Acta Societatis Scientarium Fennicae. 36 (4): 1–287.
- ^ P. L. Robertson (1969). "A revision of the genus Tyrophagus, with a discussion on its taxonomic position in the Acarina". Australian Journal of Zoology. 7 (2): 146–182. doi:10.1071/ZO9590146.
- ^ David Evans Walter (2004). "Hidden in plain sight: mites in the canopy". In Margaret Lowman & H. Bruce Rinker. Forest Canopies. Academic Press. pp. 224–241. ISBN 978-0-12-457553-0.
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