Parasitiformes

Ixodes hexagonus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Ordines (4): Holothyrida – Ixodida – Mesostigmata – Opilioacarida

Name

Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909

References

• Beaulieu, F., Dowling, A.P.G., Klompen, H., de Moraes, G.J. & Walter, D.E. 2011. Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. Pp 123–128 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 
• Karg, W.; Schorlemmer, A. 2008: Origin and classification of the Ixodides (ticks) within the Parasitiformes Reuter 1909 (Acarina). Acarologia, 48 (3-4): 123–134.
• Karg, W. & Schorlemmer, A. 2011: New insights into the systematics of Parasitiformes (Acarina) with new species from South America. Acarologia 51(1): 3-29. DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20111995 . Reference page. 
• Klompen, H.; Lekveishvili, M.; Black, W.C., IV 2007: Phylogeny of parasitiform mites (Acari) based on rRNA. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 43 (3): 936–951. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.024 PDF (prepublication version)

Vernacular names

日本語: 胸穴ダニ上目

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