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Arthropods
Arizona Chigger Mite
Acomatacarus arizonensis
Authorship: Ewing
Notes
Sometimes incorrectly placed in the genus Odontacarus. It is a lizard parasite.
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumChelicerata (Scorpions and spiders)
ClassArachnida
OrderACARI (Mites and Ticks)
FamilyTROMBICULIDAE (Chigger Mites)
GenusAcomatacarus
Speciesarizonensis