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Velvet Mites
Trombidioidea
Trombidioidea is a superfamily of velvet mites and chiggers in the order Trombidiformes. There are about eight families and at least three described species in Trombidioidea.
20 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
True Velvet Mites
familyTrombidiidae
Calyptostomatidae
familyCalyptostomatidae
Microtrombidiidae
familyMicrotrombidiidae
Chiggers
familyTrombiculidae
Podothrombidiidae
familyPodothrombidiidae
Chyzeriidae
familyChyzeriidae
Tanaupodidae
familyTanaupodidae
Johnstonianidae
familyJohnstonianidae
Neotrombidiidae
familyNeotrombidiidae
Trombellidae
familyTrombellidae
Neothrombiidae
familyNeothrombiidae
Stygothrombiidae
familyStygothrombiidae
Allotanaupodidae
familyAllotanaupodidae
Platyseta
genusPlatyseta
Amphotrombiidae
familyAmphotrombiidae
Audyanidae
familyAudyanidae
Achaemenothrombiidae
familyAchaemenothrombiidae
Walchiidae
familyWalchiidae
Yurebillidae
familyYurebillidae
Leeuwenhoekiidae
familyLeeuwenhoekiidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 491889.