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The Sphaerolichida is a suborder of
mite 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 ...
s belonging to the order
Trombidiformes The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites. Taxonomy In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of aca ...
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References

*O'Connor, 1984 : '' 1. Speciation and evolution in Acari. 1.2 Phylogenetic relationships among higher taxa in the Acariformes, with particular reference to the Astigmata.'' In Acarology 6, Vol. 1. Griffiths & Bowman pp 19–27.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3493201 Trombidiformes Arthropod suborders