Sejidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.[1] The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[2]

Sejidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
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Sejidae

Berlese, 1885

Species edit

Archaeopodella Athias-Henriot, 1977

  • Archaeopodella scopulifera Athias-Henriot, 1977

Asternolaelaps Berlese, 1923

Epicroselus Berlese, 1904

  • Epicroselus angellioides Berlese, 1904

Ichthyostomatogaster Sellnick, 1953

  • Ichthyostomatogaster nyhleni Sellnick, 1953

Iphidinychus Berlese, 1913

Sejus C.L.Koch, 1836

Uropodella Berlese, 1888

Willmannia Balogh, 1938

  • Willmannia sejiformis Balogh, 1938

Zuluacarus Trägårdh, 1906

  • Zuluacarus termitophilus Trägårdh, 1906

References edit

  1. ^ Joel Hallan (ed.). "Sejidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
  2. ^ Joharchi, Omid; Vorontsov, Dmitry D.; Walter, David Evans (2021-09-14). "Oldest determined record of a mesostigmatic mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Sejidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber". Acarologia. 61 (3): 641–649. doi:10.24349/goj5-bzms. ISSN 0044-586X. S2CID 239420481.