SARCOPTIFORMES
(biting mites)

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Suborder 3 subtaxa 5 images 7 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
InfraclassAcari (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

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Bee Mites

Klimov, P.B., O’Connor, B., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G., Redford, A. & Scher, J. 2016 Bee Mite ID: Bee-Associated Mite Genera of the World idtools.org/id/mites/beemites

SARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 55 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
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