MESOSTIGMATA
(mesostigmate or gamasid mites)

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Suborder 9 subtaxa 14 images 18 ident. refs
Family 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderMESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
SuperorderPARASITIFORMES (parasitiform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 104 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
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