Parasitiformes

Ixodes hexagonus

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Ordines (4): Holothyrida - Ixodida - Mesostigmata - Opilioacarida

Beaulieu, F. et al. 2011: Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011: Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148: 123–128. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7 (online edition) PDF
Karg, W.; Schorlemmer, A. 2008: Origin and classification of the Ixodides (ticks) within the Parasitiformes Reuter 1909 (Acarina). Acarologia, 48(3-4): 123-134.

Karg, W.; Schorlemmer, A. 2011: New insights into the systematics of Parasitiformes (Acarina) with new species from South America. Acarologia, 51(1): 3-29. doi: 10.1051/acarologia/20111995 [OA] ZooBank
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Klompen, H.; Lekveishvili, M.; Black, W.C., IV 2007: Phylogeny of parasitiform mites (Acari) based on rRNA. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 43(3): 936-951. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.024 PDF (prepublication version)

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