Order | MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) |
Superorder | PARASITIFORMES (parasitiform mites) |
Subclass | ACARI (mites) |
Class | ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) |
Subphylum | CHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods) |
Phylum | ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
Superphylum | ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders) |
Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
Life | BIOTA (living things) |
Author | Year | Title | Source | |
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Evans, G.O. & Till, W.M. | 1979 | Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes) An introduction to their external morphology and classification | Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. vol 35: 139-270. | |
Evans, G.O. | 1957 | An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera | Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology vol. xliii, No. 291: 203-259. | |
Bee Mites | ||||
Klimov, P.B., O’Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J. | 2016 | Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World | idtools.org/id/mites/beemites |
MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 104 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) |
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