Sejida

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Sejida

Sejida is a suborder of mites in the order Mesostigmata. There are about 5 families and 13 described species in Sejida.[1][2] The oldest known record of the group is an indeterminate deutonymph belonging to Sejidae from the mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[3]

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Sejida
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Berzercon ferdinandi, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Suborder: Sejida
Kramer, 1885
Superfamilies
  • Heterozerconoidea Berlese, 1892
  • Sejoidea Berlese, 1885
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Families

These five families belong to the suborder Sejida:

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