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  Superorder Parasitiformes

Order Mesostigmata

    Suborder Monogynaspida
    Suborder Sejida
    Suborder Trigynaspida

Taxon Information

The Order Mesostigmata is not recorded from fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Mesostigmata, "(3 suborders)" (Beaulieu et al., 2011).
• Mesostigmata, (Lindquist et al., 2009).
• Mesostigmata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).

Bibliography

• Beaulieu, F., A.P.G. Dowling, H. Klompen, G. J. de Moraes & D.E. Walter. 2011. Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 123-128. [Available online]
• Lindquist, E.E., G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter. 2009. Classification. [in] G.W. Krantz & D.E. Walter(eds.). A Manual of Acarology, 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock: 97-103.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System