Opilioacaridae
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderOpilioacarida
- FamilyOpilioacaridae
Клещи́-сеноко́сцы (лат. Opilioacaridae) — семейство клещей, выделяемое в собственный отряд Opilioacarida. Сравнительно крупные сухопутные клещи (1—3 мм), населяющие тропические и субтропические районы. Известно 25 современных и 1 ископаемый вид.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- Family
- Opilioacaridae
- Collections
- MCZ, MNRJ, WAM, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL)
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Gabon, Cameroon, Brasil, Australia, Mexico
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Opilioacaridae is the sole family of mites in the order Opilioacarida, made up of about 13 genera. The mites of this family are rare, large (1.5 to 2.5 mm) mites, and are widely considered primitive, as they retain six pairs of eyes, and abdominal segmentation. They have historically been considered separate from other mites belonging to Acariformes and Parasitiformes, but are now generally considered a subgroup of Parasitiformes based on molecular phylogenetics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opilioacaridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.