Echimyopodidae is a family of
mites
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
in the order
Astigmata
Astigmatina is a clade of mites in the superorder Acariformes. Astigmata has been ranked as an order or suborder in the past, but was lowered to the unranked clade Astigmatina of the clade Desmonomatides (synonym Desmonomata) in the order Sarcopt ...
. There are at least two genera and two described species in Echimyopodidae.
Genera
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Blomia''
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Marsupiopus''
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Sarcoptiformes
Acari families
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