Parasitengona

Parasitengona
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Parasitengona larvae on a specimen of Monoscutum (Opiliones)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Actinedida
Suborder: Parasitengona
Oudemans, 1909
Allothrombium (Trombidiidae: Trombidioidea)

Parasitengona is a group of mites, variously ranked as a hyporder[1] or a cohort,[2] between the taxonomic ranks of order and family.

They are divided into the aquatic Hydrachnidia (water mites) and the terrestrial Trombidia.[3] The latter includes velvet mites and chiggers.[4]

  1. ^ "Taxon: Suborder Parasitengona Oudemans, 1909 (mite)". The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  2. ^ Gerald W. Krantz & D. E. Walter, ed. (2009). A Manual of Acarology (3rd ed.). Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8.
  3. ^ Wohltmann, Andreas; Gabryś, Grzegorz; Mąkol, Joanna (2006), Gerecke, Reinhard (ed.), "Acari: Terrestrial Parasitengona inhabiting transient biotopes", Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Vol. 7/2-1 Chelicerata: Araneae/Acari I (in German), Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 158–240, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-55958-1_6, ISBN 978-3-662-55957-4, retrieved 2022-11-03
  4. ^ Today, Entomology (2020-05-28). ""Go Pick Up a Mite!" Two Cents From an Acarologist and His Love for Mites". Entomology Today. Retrieved 2020-05-28.