Biology:Psoroptidia

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Short description: Group of mites

Psoroptidia
"Psoroptes cuniculi" (Sarcoptoidea: Psoroptidae)
Psoroptes cuniculi (Sarcoptoidea: Psoroptidae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Suborder: Astigmata
Parvorder: Psoroptidia
Yunker, 1955
Superfamilies

Psoroptidia is a parvorder of the Acari (mite) group Astigma (or Astigmatina).[1] It comprises around 40 families, and apparently originated as parasites of birds, before a secondary radiation saw some taxa become parasites of mammals.[2] Because of their parasitic lifestyle, members of the Psoroptidia do not exhibit a deutonymph stage.[3]

The group contains many of the more notorious parasitic members of the Astigmata. Three of the superfamilies in this clade are among those Acarina collectively called feather mites, whereas the fourth and fifth – Psoroptoidea and Pyroglyphoidea – contains ear mites and scabies mites among others.

References

  1. ↑ "Psoroptidae". Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=83910&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock. 
  2. ↑ Barry M. OConnor (1994). "Life-history modifications in astigmatid mites". in Marilyn A. Houck. Mites: Ecological and Evolutionary Analyses of Life-history Patterns. Springer. pp. 136–159. ISBN 978-0-412-02991-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=VATkrjHFxM8C&pg=PA154. 
  3. ↑ Matthew J. Colloff (2009). "Identification and taxonomy, classification and phylogeny". Dust Mites. Springer. pp. 1–44. ISBN 978-90-481-2223-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=lakY0ZrfMGMC&pg=PA17. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q7256127 entry




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