Eriophyoidea

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Eriophyoidea
Temporal range: Carnian to Present
ARS Floracarus perrepae.jpg
Electron micrograph of Floracarus perrepae attacking a plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Superorder:
Acariformes
Order:
Trombidiformes
Superfamily:
Eriophyoidea

Nalepa, 1898

Eriophyoidea are a superfamily of herbivorous mites. All post-embryonic instars lack the third and fourth pairs of legs.[1] The respiratory system is also absent.[1]

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.[1] Today the following three families are believed to belong to superfamily Eriophyoidea:[1]

The group is ancient, with forms with two pairs of legs, already similar to the modern ones being found in Triassic amber from Italy: Ampezzoa, Triasacarus,[2] and Cheirolepidoptus, which were specialised on extinct conifers belonging to the family Cheirolepidiaceae. The four genera were subsequently placed in a new extinct clade, the Triasacaroidea, which is the sister group to the extant Eriophyoidea.[3]

While traditionally considered members of the clade Trombidiformes, they have been found to be an early diverging mite clade outside the clade containing Trombidiformes and Sarcoptiformes in recent genomic analyses.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Ewert E. Lindquist, M. W. Sabelis & Jan Bruin, ed. (1996). Eriophyoid Mites: their Biology, Natural Enemies, and Control. World Crop Pests. Vol. 6. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-88628-6.
  2. ^ Schmidt, A. R.; Jancke, S.; Lindquist, E. E.; Ragazzi, E.; Roghi, G.; Nascimbene, P. C.; Schmidt, K.; Wappler, T.; Grimaldi, D. A. (2012). "Arthropods in amber from the Triassic Period". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (37): 14796–15501. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208464109. PMC 3443139. PMID 22927387.
  3. ^ Sidorchuk, Ekaterina A.; Schmidt, Alexander R.; Ragazzi, Eugenio; Roghi, Guido; Lindquist, Evert E. (February 2015). "Plant-feeding mite diversity in Triassic amber (Acari: Tetrapodili)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 13 (2): 129–151. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.867373. ISSN 1477-2019.
  4. ^ Arribas, Paula; Andújar, Carmelo; Moraza, María Lourdes; Linard, Benjamin; Emerson, Brent C; Vogler, Alfried P (2020-03-01). Teeling, Emma (ed.). "Mitochondrial Metagenomics Reveals the Ancient Origin and Phylodiversity of Soil Mites and Provides a Phylogeny of the Acari". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37 (3): 683–694. doi:10.1093/molbev/msz255. ISSN 0737-4038.
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