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
Subordines (2): Prostigmata - Sphaerolichida
Name
Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909
References
Primary references
Reuter E., 1909. Zur Morphologie und Ontogenie der Acariden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung von Pediculopis graminum. Acta Soc Sci Fenn 36, pp. 1–288.
Additional references
Jacinavicius, R. de C., Bassini-Silva, R., Mendoza-Roldan, J.A., Pepato, A.R., Ochoa, R., Welbourn, C. & Barros-Battesti, D.M. 2018. A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). ZooKeys 743: 1–41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.743.22675. Reference page.
Liu, J-F. & Zhang, Z-Q. 2016. Hotspots of mite new species discovery: Trombidiformes (2013–2015). Zootaxa 4208(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.1.1 PDF. Reference page.
Zhang, Z-Q., Fan, Q-H., Pesic, V., Smit, H., Bochkov, A.V., Khaustov, A.A., Baker, A., Wohltmann, A., Wen, T-H., Amrine, J.W., Beron, P., Lin, J-Z., Gabrys, G. & Husband, R. 2011. Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. Pp 129–138 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.
Taxonomy
In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata.[1] The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of acariform mites, Sarcoptiformes.[1] Its members include medically important mites (such as Demodex, the chiggers, and scrub-itch mites) and many agriculturally important species, including the spider mites (Tetranychidae).[1] The superfamily Eriophyoidea, traditionally considered members of the Trombidiformes, have been found to be basal mites in genomic analyses, sister to the clade containing Sarcoptiformes and Trombidiformes.[2]
The 2004 classification retained the two suborders, comprising around 125 families and more than 22,000 described species.[3]
In the 2011 revised classification, the order now contains 151 families, 2235 genera and 25,821 species, and there were another 10 species with 24 species that present only as fossils.[4] These 151 families were classified into the same two major suborders[4]：
Sphaerolichida OConnor, 1984: Now contains only two superfamilies;
Prostigmata Kramer, 1877: Still the biggest branch in this taxon, with four infraorders and 40 superfamilies.
See also
The mite Eutarsopolipus paryavae (Acari, Heterostigmatina, Podapolipidae) (male)
Alycus
Bdellodes
Eupodes
References
Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). "Trombidiformes. Trombidiform mites". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz255. ISSN 0737-4038. PMID 31670799.
David Evans Walker (2004). "Hidden in Plain Sight: Mites in the Canopy". In Margaret Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker (ed.). Forest Canopies. Physiological Ecology Series (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 224–241. ISBN 978-0-12-457553-0.
Zhang, Zhi-Qiang; Fan, Qing-Hai; Pesic, Vladimir; Smit, Harry; Bochkov, Andre V.; Khaustov, A. A.; Baker, Anne; Wohltmann, Andreas; Wen, Tinghuan; Amrine, James W.; Beron, P.; Lin, Jianzhen; Gabrys, Grzegorz; Husband, Robert (2011). "Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. pp. 129–147. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.24. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. ISSN 1175-5334.
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