MESOSTIGMATA
(mesostigmate or gamasid mites)

MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Suborder 42 subtaxa 92 trophisms 20 references
Family 1 subtaxa 12 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Regional

Gwiazdowicz, D.J. & Gulvik, M.E. 2007 The first records of five mite species (Acari, Mesostigmata) in Norway NJE Vol 54 (2): 125-127.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 14 images of MESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
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