Astigmata

Life-forms

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: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Cohort: Astigmata
Subordines: "Acaridia" - Psoroptidia
Familia (ordo incertae sedis): Troglotacaridae

References

Domrow, R. 1992: Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate taxonomy, 6: 1459–1606. DOI: 10.1071/IT9921459
OConnor, B.M. 1984: Nomenclatural status of some family-group names in the nonpsoroptidid Astigmata (Acari: Acariformes). International journal of acarology, 10: 203–207. DOI: 10.1080/01647958408683378

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SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED ASTIGMATA OF THE WORLD