Superorder
Acariformes
Aceria cephalonea. Photo: (c) Matthieu Gauvain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Acariformes, also known as the Actinotrichida, are the more diverse of the two superorders of mites. Over 32,000 described species are found in 351 families, and an estimated total of 440,000 to 929,000 species occur, including undescribed species.
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