Rhagidiidae is a family of soft-bodied, predaceous soil mites in the order Trombidiformes. It currently comprises 28 genera and approximately 150 species of whitish mites that inhabit soil environments, often found in caves and other subterranean habitats.
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Rhagidiidae is a family of soft-bodied, predaceous soil mites in the order Trombidiformes. It currently comprises 28 genera and approximately 150 species of whitish mites that inhabit soil environments, often found in caves and other subterranean habitats.
== Taxonomy and Systematics == The family Rhagidiidae was established by Oudemans in 1922. The genus Rhagidia was first described by Thorell in 1872, and shortly after, Cambridge (1876) described Poecilophysis from the distant Kerguelen Island. Early taxonomic work was conducted by several researchers including C.L. Koch, Canestrini, Thorell, Berlese, Banks, and others throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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