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Veigaiidae

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Family of mites
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Veigaiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Superfamily: Veigaioidea
Family: Veigaiidae
Oudemans, 1939
Diversity
4 genera, c. 60 species
Synonyms

Veigaiaidae
Veigaidae

Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.

Genera

References

  • Evans, G. Owen (1959): The genera Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese and Gamasolaelaps Berlese (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Acarologia I.
  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Veigaiidae
Acari (ticks and mites)
Acariformes
Oribatida
Sarcoptiformes
Trombidiformes
Parasitiformes
Holothyrida
Ixodida (ticks)
Mesostigmata
Opilioacariformes
Taxon identifiers
Veigaiidae

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