Acarina

Acarina, zajednički naziv za grinje i krpelje, životinje koje spadaju među prve kopnene člankonošce. Najstariji potjeću iz kasnog devona, ali su zbog svoje male veličine rijetki u fosilnim zapisima.

Eriophyes inangulis na lišću drveta Alnus glutinosa (crna joha)

Njihova dva velika reda su Acariformes i Parasitiformes.

Literatura

• Wojciech Niedbala (1992). Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida): Systematic Studies. Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-8-301-09740-0. 
• Experimental and Applied Acarology, ISSN: 1572-9702 (electronic) 0168-8162 (paper), Springer
• E. Baker (1952). An Introduction to Acarology. New York: The MacMillan Company. 
• T. Woolley (1988). Acarology: Mites and Human Welfare. New York: Wiley Interscience. ISBN 0-471-04168-8. 
• R. B. Halliday, D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (2001). Acarology, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress [5–10 July 1998]. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publ.. str. 960 pp. ISBN 0-643-06658-6. 
• D. E. Walter & H. C. Proctor (2001). Mites in soil, an interactive key to mites and other soil microarthropods. ABRS Identification Series. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. 
• Gerald W. Krantz & D. E. Walter, ur. (2009). A Manual of Acarology (3rd izd.). Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8. 

Vanjske veze

Acarina na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• David Evans Walter, Gerald Krantz & Evert Lindquist (December 13, 1996). „Acari. The Mites”. Tree of Life Web Project. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2012-11-10. Pristupljeno 2015-06-21. 
• Heather Proctor (August 9, 1998). „Acariformes. The "mite-like" mites”. Tree of Life Web Project. 
• David Evans Walter (December 13, 1996). „Parasitiformes. Holothyrans, ticks and mesostigmatic mites”. Tree of Life Web Project. 
• Mark Harvey & Heather Proctor. „Key to Families and Subfamilies of Water Mites (Hydracarina) in Australia”. 
• David Evans Walter (September 15, 2006). „Invasive Mite Identification”. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO & USDA/APHIS/PPQ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Raleigh, NC. 
• Non-invasive 3D-visualization with sub-micron resolution using synchrotron-X-ray-tomography
• A nice website (www.Acari.be) introduces the Acari world in all its amazing variety