Bdelloidea (mites)

Bdelloidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborder: Prostigmata
(unranked): Eupodides
Superfamily: Bdelloidea
Families
  • Bdellidae
  • Cunaxidae
A mite of the family Bdellidae sucks on a dead midge.

Bdelloidea is a superfamily of mites,[1] containing the two families Bdellidae and Cunaxidae.[2]

References

  1. Gerald W. Krantz & D. E. Walter, ed. (2009). A Manual of Acarology (3rd ed.). Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8.
  2. J. Den Heyer (September 15, 2011). "Bdellid & Cunaxid Databases". Catalog of Life. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
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