| Astigmatina Temporal range:
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| Otodectes cyanotis (Psoroptidia: Psoroptidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| (unranked): | Astigmatina Canestrini, 1891 |
| Superfamilies | |
| Diversity | |
| c. 76 families > 1,000 genera > 3,400 species | |
Astigmatina is a clade of mites in the order Sarcoptiformes. Astigmata has been ranked as an order or suborder in the past, but was lowered to the unranked clade Astigmatina of the clade Desmonomatides (synonym Desmonomata) in the order. Astigmatina is now made up of the two groups Acaridia and Psoroptidia, which have been suborders of the order Astigmata in the past. Astigmatina contains about 10 superfamilies and 76 families under Acaridia and Psoroptidia.[1][2]
- ^ Zhang, Zhi-Qiang; Hong, Xiao-Yue; Fan, Qing-Hai; Xin, Jie-Liu (2010). "Xin Jie-Liu Centenary: Progress in Chinese Acarology". Zoosymposia. 4. Magnolia Press. ISSN 1178-9905.
- ^ Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). "Astigmatina. Chapter 16". A Manual of Acarology 3rd Edition. Texas Tech. University Press. ISBN 978-0896726208.