Acarina Arachnida Arthropoda Animalia
The Acari or Acarina is the taxonomic group that includes ticks and mites. This group is the most diverse and abundant of the arachnids, and its fossil history goes back to the Devonian era. There are three major lineages, the Opilioacariformes, Acariformes and Parasitiformes, with more than 45,000 known species worldwide.Many species of Parasitiformes, including the ticks, are parasitic, but not all; for example, about half of the 10,000 known species in the suborder Mesostigmata are predatory and cryptozoan, living in the soil-litter, rotting wood, dung, carrion, nests or house dust.
Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida: Acarina
See Also:
- Top/Science/Biology/Zoology/Arthropoda/Arachnology/Acarology
- Top/Health/Conditions and Diseases/Wounds and Injuries/Bites and Stings/Arthropods/Ticks and Mites
- Acari: Mites and Ticks - Photographs and a list of publications.
- Acari: The Mites - Characteristics, taxonomy, and phylogenetic relationships of the Acari, including mites acarina and ticks. By David Evans Walter, Jerry Krantz, and Evert acarina Lindquist, from The Tree of Life project.
- Acarina: Mites and Ticks - The characteristics of these creatures, their life cycle, arthropoda feeding and habitat, with illustrations.
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