Parasitengona

Parasitengona is a group of mites, variously ranked as a suborder[1] or a cohort,[2] between the taxonomic ranks of order and family. Members of Parasitengona include velvet mites, chiggers, and water mites. [3]

Parasitengona
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Actinedida
Suborder: Parasitengona
Oudemans, 1909
Parasitengona larvae on a specimen of Monoscutum (Opiliones)

References

  1. "Taxon: Suborder Parasitengona Oudemans, 1909 (mite)". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  2. Gerald W. Krantz & D. E. Walter, ed. (2009). A Manual of Acarology (3rd ed.). Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8.
  3. ""Go Pick up a Mite!" Two Cents from an Acarologist and His Love for Mites". 28 May 2020.


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