TETRANYCHIDAE
(spider mites)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyTETRANYCHIDAE (spider mites)
SuperfamilyTETRANYCHOIDEA (an order of Prostigmatid mites)
CohortRaphignathina (a cohort of mites)
SupercohortEleutherengonides (a supercohort of mites)
SuborderPROSTIGMATA (sucking mites)
OrderTROMBIDIFORMES (trombidiform mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (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

AuthorYearTitleSource
Vacanti, V. 2015 Handbook of Mites of Economic Plants 890pp, CABI

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for TETRANYCHIDAE (spider mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 47 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for TETRANYCHIDAE (spider mites)
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