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Eriophyoidea are a superfamily of herbivorous mites. All post-embryonic instars lack the third and fourth pairs of legs, and the respiratory system is also absent.

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Superfamily

  1. PhylumArthropoda
  2. ClassArachnida
  3. OrderTrombidiformes

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Specimen records
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PU
Recorded in
United States

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taxon
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taxon name
Eriophyoidea
taxon rank
superfamily
topic's main category
Category:Eriophyoidea
Commons category
Eriophyoidea
start time
230000000-
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  • Reproduction
  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Phylogeny
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Eriophyoidea are a superfamily of herbivorous mites. All post-embryonic instars lack the third and fourth pairs of legs, and the respiratory system is also absent.

The taxonomy of this group has always been confused. There were families created for few or even one species, i.e. Ashieldophyidae Mohanasundaram, 1984 and Pentasetacidae Shevchenko, 1991 but these families were placed by J. W. Amrine and T. A. Stasny within larger groups. Today the following three families are believed to belong to superfamily Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898 Phytoptidae Murray, 1877 Diptilomiopidae Keifer, 1944

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