ORIBATIDA
(oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)

ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Desmonomatides
a supercohort of mites
Supercohort 22 subtaxa 54 trophisms 1 references
Mixonomatides
a supercohort of mites
Supercohort 1 subtaxa 1 references
Euptyctima
a cohort of mites
Cohort 1 subtaxa 1 references
PHTHIRACAROIDEA
a superfamily of mites
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
Palaeosomatides
a supercohort of mites
Supercohort 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
CTENACAROIDEA
a superfamily of mites
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
APHELACARIDAE
a family of mites
Family 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
OrderSARCOPTIFORMES (biting mites)
SuperorderACARIFORMES (acariform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Dindal, D.L. 1977 Biology of Oribatid mites 122pp, State University of New York
Hull, J.E. 1913 Terrestrial Acari of the Tyne Province - Part I — Oribatidae Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (new series.) Vol IV: 381-409 + Plate XVII.
Michael, A.D. 1898 Oribatidae Das Tierreich.
Michael, A.D. 1884 British Oribatidae Vol 61 & 65, 657+54 platespp, The Ray Society, London

Genus Key

Balogh, J. & Balogh, P. 1992 The oribatid mites genera of the world Hungarian National Museum Press

ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Luxton, M. 1966 Oribatid mites of the British Isles: a check list and notes on biogeography (Acari: Oribatida) Journal of Natural History Vol 30: 803-822.
Monson, F.D. 1998 Oribatid mites (Acari:Cryptostigmata) from Slapton Wood and the vicinity of Slapton Ley Field Studies 9(2): 325-336.
Seyd, E.L., Luxton, M.S. & Colloff, M.J. 1966 Studies on the moss mites of Snowdonia. 3. Pen-y-Gadair, Cader Idris, with a comparison of the moss mite faunas of selected montane localities in the British Isles (Acari: Oribatida) Pedobiologia: International Journal of Soil Biology Vol 40: 449-460.
Strenzke, K. 1951 On some New Central European Moss-Mites Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 12 Vol IV: 719-726.

Ecology

Heggen, M.P. 2010 Oribatid mites of Alpine Fennoscandia NJE Vol 57 (1): 38-70.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of ORIBATIDA (oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites)
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