The PEDIGREE of
Family Trombidiidae (Harvest Mites)

     aka berry bugs, chiggers, red bugs, scrub-itch mites, aoutas, true velvet mites

 "Child(ren)":       Subfamily Trombiculinae   ;   Leptotrombidium (vector for scrub typhus)   ;   30 other genera
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/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates   +====> [ 75]
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Arachnomorpha
/-- Infraphylum Chelicerata (Arachnids & Horseshoe Crabs)
/-- Class Arachnida (Spiders & Scorpions)
/-- Subclass Acarina (Mites & Ticks)
/-- Superorder Acariformes (Mites)
/-- Order Trombidiformes (Chiggers, Spider Mites, etc.)
/-- Suborder Prostigmata (Sucking Mites)
/-- Supercohort Anystides
/-- Section Parasitengona (Water Mites, Velvet Mites & Chiggers)
/-- Superfamily Trombidioidea (Velvet Mites & Chiggers)
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- Family Trombidiidae (Harvest Mites)
 

 
  ``1-Great Grandchildren:''       North American Scrub-Itch Mite   ;   Leptotrombidium deliense
 

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