Sejida Explained

Sejida is a suborder of mites in the order Mesostigmata. There are about 5 families and 13 described species in Sejida. 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.^[1]

Families

These five families belong to the suborder Sejida:

• Discozerconidae Berlese, 1910
• Heterozerconidae Berlese, 1892
• Ichthyostomatogasteridae Sellnick, 1953
• Sejidae Berlese, 1885
• Uropodellidae Camin, 1955

Further reading

• Book: A Manual of Acarology. 2009. Krantz . G. W.. Walter . D. E.. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726208.

Notes and References

1. 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. 10.24349/goj5-bzms. 0044-586X. free.