Monatractides

 

Water Mites of North America

HYDRACHNIDIAE


 

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Taxonomic scheme for the monophyletic clade

of water mites described as Hydrachnidiae

Phylum Arthropoda

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Arachnida

Subclass Acari

Order Acariformes

Suborder Actinedida

Cohort Parasitengonina

Subcohort HYDRACHNIDIAE*

Superfamilies:

Hydrovolzioidea
Hydrachnoidea
Eylaoidea
Hydryphantoidea
Lebertioidea
Hygrobatoidea
Arrenuroidea

*Other terms that have been used to refer to this clade include Hydracarina, Hydrachnellae, Hydrachnida, and Hydrachnidia.