Dermanyssoidea

Dermanyssoidea; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	(Rhinonyssidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Infraorder:
Superfamily:	Dermanyssoidea; Kolenati, 1859

Dermanyssoidea is a superfamily of mites, including most of the mites which parasitise vertebrates.^[1] It contains 21 families:

References[]

^ Frank J. Radowski (1994). "The evolution of parasitism and the distribution of some dermanyssoid mites (Mesostigmata) on vertebrate hosts". In Marilyn A. Houck (ed.). Mites: ecological and evolutionary analyses of life-history patterns. Springer. pp. 186–217. ISBN 978-0-412-02991-2.

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