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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: Bad grammar, unverified and non-topical information Please help improve this article if you can. (May 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) City in Punjab, India Shahkot ਸ਼ਾਹਕੋਟ City Shahkot Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Shahkot Shahkot (India) Show map of India Coordinates: 31°05′N 75°20′E  /  31.08°N 75.34°E  / 31.08; 75.34 Coordinates: 31°05′N 75°20′E  /  31.08°N 75.34°E  / 31.08; 75.34 Country   India State Punjab District Jalandhar Government  • Type Municipal Council Area  • Total 16.27 km 2 (6.28 sq mi) Elevation 209 m (686 ft) Population (2013)  • Total 25,449  • Density 1,600/km 2 (4,100/sq mi) Languages  • Official Punjabi Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) PIN 144702 Telephone code 01821 Vehicle registration PB 67 Website www.sha

For other uses, see Mite (disambiguation). Peacock mite ( Tuckerella sp.), false-colour SEM, magnified 260× Mites are small arthropods belonging to the class Arachnida and the subclass Acari (also known as Acarina). The term "mite" refers to the members of several groups in Acari but it is not a clade, and excludes the ticks, order Ixodida. Mites and ticks are characterised by the body being divided into two regions, the cephalothorax or prosoma (there is no separate head), and an opisthosoma. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology. Most mites are tiny, less than 1 mm (0.04 in) in length, and have a simple, unsegmented body plan. Their small size makes them easily overlooked; some species live in water, many live in soil as decomposers, others live on plants, sometimes creating galls, while others again are predators or parasites. This last group includes the commercially important Varroa parasite of honey bees, a