Lebertioidea
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Lebertia
Lebertia is a genus of mites in the family Lebertiidae, established by Neuman in 1880. It belongs to the order Trombidiformes, a large group of mites commonly referred to as "true mites" or "prostigmatid mites." The genus contains at least two described species, including Lebertia aberrans and Lebertia aberrata. Lebertia is classified within the superfamily Lebertioidea, which includes water mites and related predatory or parasitic forms.
Lebertiidae
Lebertiidae is a family of prostigmatic mites in the order Trombidiformes, established by Thor in 1900. The family comprises at least two genera—*Lebertia* (Neuman, 1880) and *Estelloxus* (Habeeb, 1963)—with approximately 14 described species. These mites are part of the superfamily Lebertioidea within the infraorder Anystina. Records indicate presence in northern European countries including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Oxidae
Oxidae is a small family of prostigmatan mites in the order Trombidiformes, established by Viets in 1926. The family contains approximately 15 described species distributed across four genera: Flabellifrontipoda, Frontipoda, Gnaphiscus, and Oxus. These mites belong to the superfamily Lebertioidea and are part of the diverse assemblage of free-living predatory mites within the suborder Prostigmata.