A taxonomic grouping or superfamily designation for mites and related arachnids in scientific classification.
From Latin 'acarus' with the scientific classification suffix '-dea', used in formal taxonomic nomenclature.
Taxonomists are constantly reorganizing groups like Acaridea as genetic sequencing reveals how different mite species are actually related—DNA studies have overturned centuries of classifications based just on appearance.
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