Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body.
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| Varroa mite | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Superorder: | Parasitiformes |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
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Heatherellina | |
| Diversity | |
| 100 families approx., 900 genera, > 8,000 species | |
The family with the most described species is Phytoseiidae. Other families of note are Diplogyniidae, Macrochelidae, Pachylaelapidae, Uropodidae and Veigaiidae.
Taxonomy
- Monogynaspida
- Arctacarina (2 genera, 6 species)
- Dermanyssiae (559 genera, 5,141 species)
- Rhodacaroidea (72 genera, 506 species)
- Ologamasidae (36 genera, 236 species)
- Euryparasitidae
- Rhodacaridae
- Digamasellidae (5 genera, 170 species)
- Laelaptonyssidae
- Panteniphididae
- Veigaioidea (4 genera, 59 species)
- Eviphidoidea (72 genera, 505 species)
- Ascoidea (138 genera, 2,721 species)
- Ameroseiidae (10 genera)
- Ascidae (39 genera, 558 species)
- Halolaelapidae
- Melicharidae
- Otopheidomenidae
- Phytoseiidae (67 genera, 2,000 species)
- Podocinidae
- Dermanyssoidea (273 genera, 1,359 species)
- Trichoaspididae
- Larvamimidae
- Leptolaelapidae
- Varroidae
- Laelapidae (144 genera, 791 species)
- Haemogamasidae
- Pneumophionyssidae
- Dermanyssidae
- Hirstionyssidae
- Hystrichonyssidae
- Macronyssidae (26 genera, 127 species)
- Rhinonyssidae (30 genera, 160 species)
- Spinturnicidae
- Spelaeorhynchidae
- Halarachnidae
- Raillietiidae
- Entonyssidae
- Ixodorhynchidae
- Omentolaelapidae
- Dasyponyssidae
- Manitherionyssidae
- Uronyssidae
- Diarthrophallina (22 genera, 63 species)
- Diarthrophalloidea
- Epicriina (43 genera, 233 species)
- Epicrioidea
- Epicriidae
- Dwigubskyiidae
- Coprozerconidae
- Zerconidae (37 genera, 214 species)
- Heatherellina (1 genus, 2 species)
- Microgyniina (3 genera, 6 species)
- Microgynioidea
- Parasitina (32 genera, 363 species)
- Uropodina (92 genera, 2,167 species)
- Uropodoidea
- Protodinychidae
- Thinozerconidae
- Polyaspididae
- Trachytidae
- Dithinozerconidae
- Nenteriidae
- Trematuridae
- Macrodinychidae
- Trigonuropodidae
- Urodinychidae
- Dinychidae (12 genera, 71 species)
- Uroactinidae (1 genus, 57 species)
- Circocyllibamidae
- Deraiophoridae (1 genus, 67 species)
- Discourellidae (1 genus, 72 species)
- Uropodidae (35 genera, 577 species)
- Metagynuridae
- Oplitidae (5 genera, 184 species)
- Trachyuropodidae (7 genera, 110 species)
- Sejina
- Sejoidea
- Ichthyostomatogasteridae
- Reginacharlottiidae
- Sejidae
- Uropodellidae
- Heterozerconoidea
- Trigynaspida
- Antennophorina (101 genera, 210 species)
- Aenicteguoidea
- Antennophoroidea
- Celaenopsoidea (73 genera, 120 species)
- Neotenogyniidae
- Celaenopsidae
- Costacaridae
- Schizogyniidae
- Megacelaenopsidae
- Triplogyniidae
- Meinertulidae
- Diplogyniidae (40 genera, 64 species)
- Euzerconidae
- Fedrizzioidea (12 genera, 62 species)
- Megisthanoidea
- Parantennuloidea
- Cercomegistina (11 genera, 12 species)
- Cercomegistoidea
Other
Meliponopus palpifer Fain & Flechtmann, 1985 has not yet been placed into a family.
References
- "Mesostigmata". Natureserve. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Mesostigmata
- NCBI: Mesostigmata
External links
- Ornithonyssus bursa, tropical fowl mite on the University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures website
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