Sejida is a suborder of mites in the order
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They can ...
. There are about 5 families and 13 described species in Sejida.
[ The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph belonging to ]Sejidae
Sejidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is ...
from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
of Myanmar.
Families
These five families belong to the suborder Sejida:
* Discozerconidae
Discozerconidae is a small family of mites in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata ...
Berlese, 1910
* Heterozerconidae
Heterozerconidae is a small family of mites in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata ...
Berlese, 1892
* Ichthyostomatogasteridae
Ichthyostomatogasteridae is a family of mites belonging to the order Mesostigmata.
Genera:
* '' Asternolaelaps'' Berlese, 1923
* '' Japanasternolaelaps'' Hirschmann & Hiramatsu, 1984
* ''Archaeopodella
''Archaeopodella'' is a genus of mites in ...
Sellnick, 1953
* Sejidae
Sejidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is ...
Berlese, 1885
* Uropodellidae Camin, 1955
References
Further reading
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Acari
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