Sejida

Sejida
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Berzercon ferdinandi, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Suborder: Sejida
Kramer, 1885
Superfamilies
  • Heterozerconoidea Berlese, 1892
  • Sejoidea Berlese, 1885

Sejida is a suborder of mites in the order Mesostigmata. There are about 5 families and 13 described species in Sejida.[1][2] The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph belonging to Sejidae from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[3]

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  3. ^ Joharchi, Omid; Vorontsov, Dmitry D.; Walter, David Evans (2021-09-14). "Oldest determined record of a mesostigmatic mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Sejidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber". Acarologia. 61 (3): 641–649. doi:10.24349/goj5-bzms. ISSN 0044-586X.