Parasitellus Willmann, 1939
(a genus of mites)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusParasitellus (a genus of mites)
SubfamilyPARASITINAE (a subfamily of mites)
FamilyPARASITIDAE (a family of Parasitoid mites)
SuperfamilyPARASITOIDEA (an order of Mesostigmatid mites)
SubcohortParasitiae (a subcohort of mites)
CohortGamasina (a cohort of mites)
SuborderMONOGYNASPIDA (a suborder of mites)
OrderMESOSTIGMATA (mesostigmate or gamasid mites)
SuperorderPARASITIFORMES (parasitiform 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
Kolster, J.M., Kerl, F., Heller, K., Mercado-Salas, N. F., and Husemann, M. 2024 Host range of the phoretic mite genus Parasitellus (Acariformes: Parasitidae) on wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes), with specific notes on its morphological and genetic diversity in Northern Germany Integrative Systematics 7 (1): 31-42.

Parasitellus (a genus of mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Parasitellus (a genus of mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Parasitellus (a genus of mites)
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