| Dermanyssoidea Temporal range:
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| Tinaminyssus melloi (Rhinonyssidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Infraorder: | Gamasina |
| Superfamily: | Dermanyssoidea Kolenati, 1859 |
Dermanyssoidea is a superfamily of mites, including most of the mites which parasitise vertebrates.[1]
- ^ Frank J. Radowski (1994). "The evolution of parasitism and the distribution of some dermanyssoid mites (Mesostigmata) on vertebrate hosts". In Marilyn A. Houck (ed.). Mites: ecological and evolutionary analyses of life-history patterns. Springer. pp. 186–217. ISBN 978-0-412-02991-2.