Sejida
Suborder of mites
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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]
| Sejida Temporal range: | |
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| Berzercon ferdinandi, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Suborder: | Sejida Kramer, 1885 |
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Families
These five families belong to the suborder Sejida:
- Discozerconidae Berlese, 1910
- Heterozerconidae Berlese, 1892
- Ichthyostomatogasteridae Sellnick, 1953
- Sejidae Berlese, 1885
- Uropodellidae Camin, 1955