Sejidae

Sejidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
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Sejidae

Berlese, 1885

Sejidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.[1] The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[2]

  1. ^ Joel Hallan (ed.). "Sejidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 239420481.