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Damaeidae
Sign in to saveDamaeidae is a family of mites. Alternative names for the family include Belbidae, and Belbodamaeidae or Hungarobelbidae. They had been previously considered to be distinct families.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyDamaeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Damaeidae
- Collections
- UAM, VPI, DMNS, CU, INHS
- Recorded in
- United States
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Behaviour
- List of genera
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Damaeidae is a family of mites. Alternative names for the family include Belbidae, and Belbodamaeidae or Hungarobelbidae. They had been previously considered to be distinct families.
Species of the family are extant in Eurasia and Northern America. Related species exist in New Zealand and South America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Damaeidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.