Eriophyoidea
| Eriophyoidea Temporal range: Carnian to Present
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| Superfamily: | Eriophyoidea Nalepa, 1898 |
Eriophyoidea are a superfamily of herbivorous mites. All post-embryonic instars lack the third and fourth pairs of legs, and the respiratory system is also absent.
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. Today the following three families are believed to belong to superfamily Eriophyoidea:
- Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898
- Phytoptidae Murray, 1877
- Diptilomiopidae Keifer, 1944
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