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Leeuwenhoekiidae  Womersley, 1944
Taxonomic Serial No.: 895700

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Common Name(s): chigger mites [English]
  
    chiggers [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassArachnida  – araignées, aracnídeo, arachnids, arácnidos  
                         SuperorderAcariformes   
                            OrderTrombidiformes   
                               SuborderProstigmata   
                                  InfraorderAnystina   
                                     SuperfamilyTrombiculoidea Ewing, 1929  
                                        FamilyLeeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944 – chigger mites, chiggers  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subfamily Apoloniinae Wharton, 1947  
                                           Subfamily Leeuwenhoekiinae Womersley, 1944  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Krantz, G. W., and D. E. Walter, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Manual of Acarology, 3rd Edition   
  Page(s): viii+807   
  Publisher: Texas Tech University Press   
  Publication Place: Lubbock, Texas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780896726208   
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  Reference for: Leeuwenhoekiidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nielsen, David H., Richard G. Robbins, and Leopoldo M. Rueda  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758-2021) (Acari: Trombiculidae), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4967, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-243   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1   
  Reference for: Leeuwenhoekiidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Qing-Hai Fan, Vladimir Pesic, Harry Smit, et al. / Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, ed.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3148   
  Page(s): 129-138   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 9781869778507, 1175-5334  
  Notes: Available online: https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/3148.html   
  Reference for: Leeuwenhoekiidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The number and names used as valid in the family-group ranks (superfamily to subtribe) for chiggers is apparently a matter of disagreement. Nielsen et al. (2021: 194) state 'The status of the family Walchiidae has been debated for the past 20 years. Wen (1999a, 2004) proposed that the Walchiidae be reinstated as a valid family. This has been contested by Stekolnikov (2018b, 2021). Based on the arguments of the latter author, we have removed Walchiidae as a valid family and placed the subfamily Gahrliepiinae [with tribe Walchiini] in the family Trombiculidae.' Ricardo Bassini-Silva (pers. comm., emails July-August 2021) indicated he supports using 3 families, Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae and Walchiidae (but see comment on Gahrliepiinae!), and no subdivisions between family and genus  
 

 

    

 
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