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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Trombidiformes
Subordo: Prostigmata
Cohort: Anystina
Hypordo: Parasitengona
Subcohort: Trombidiina
Superfamilia: Trombidioidea
Familiae: Achaemenothrombiidae - Eutrombidiidae - Microtrombidiidae - Neothrombiidae - Podothrombiidae - Trombidiidae - Yurebillidae
Genera incertae sedis: Porttrombidium
References

Mąkol, J. 2007: Generic level review and phylogeny of Trombidiidae and Podothrombiidae (Acari: Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea) of the world. Annales zoologici, 57(1): 1–194. Abstract
Saboori, A.; Wohltmann, A.; Hakimitabar, M. 2010: A new family of trombidioid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) from Iran. Zootaxa, 2611: 16–30. Preview
Southcott, R.V. 1982: Observations on Chyzeria Canestrini and some related genera (Acarina: Trombidioidea) with remarks on the classification of the superfamily and description of a pygmephorid mite phoretic on Chyzeria. Records of the South Australian Museum, 18: 285–326. PDF
Southcott, R.V. 1996: Description of a new Australian mite (Acarina: Trombidioidea), with comments on superfamily classification. Records of the South Australian Museum, 29: 55–62. PDF
Womersley, H. 1937: A revision of the Australian Trombidiidae (Acarina). Records of the South Australian Museum, 6(1): 75–100. PDF BUGZ
Zhang, Z.-Q. 1998: Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea). Experimental and applied acarology, 22: 139–155. PDF


Trombidioidea is a superfamily of mites in the order Trombidiformes. There are about 8 families and at least 430 described species in Trombidioidea.[1][2]
Trombidium breei
Families

These eight families belong to the superfamily Trombidioidea:

Eutrombidiidae
Johnstonianidae
Microtrombidiidae (micro velvet mites)
Neothrombiidae
Neotrombidiidae
Podothrombidiidae (podothrombidiids)
Trombiculidae (chiggers)
Trombidiidae (true velvet mites)

References

"Trombidioidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

"Trombidioidea Superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-04-13.

Further reading

Halliday, R.B.; O'connor, O'B.M.; Baker, A.S. (2000). Raven, P.H. (ed.). "Global diversity of mites". Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press: 192–203. doi:10.17226/6142.
Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
Skoracki, M.; Zabludovskaya, S.; Bochkov, A.V. (2012). "A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds". Acarina. 20: 67–107.
Zhang, Z.-Q.; Fan, Q.-H.; Pesic, V.; Smit, H.; et al. (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148.

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