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Tetranychoidea is a superfamily of mites in the order 
Trombidiformes
The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.
Taxonomy
In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of aca ...
. There are about 5 families and more than 2,200 described species in Tetranychoidea.
Families
These five families belong to the superfamily Tetranychoidea: * Allochaetophoridae * Linoteranidae *Tenuipalpidae
Tenuipalpidae, also called flat mites or false spider mites, are a family of mites, closely related to the Tetranychidae. They are reddish and slow-moving and normally feed near the midrib or veins on the underside of leaves. Several species, amon ...
* Tetranychidae
Spider mites are members of the Tetranychidae family, which includes about 1,200 species. They are part of the subclass Acari (mites). Spider mites generally live on the undersides of leaves of plants, where they may spin protective silk webs, a ...
(spider mites)
* Tuckerellidae
References
Further reading
* * * * * Trombidiformes Arachnid superfamilies {{trombidiformes-stub