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Stigmaeidae
Sign in to saveStigmaeidae is a family of prostigmatan mites in the order Trombidiformes. At over 600 species, it is the largest family in superfamily Raphignathoidea. It has a worldwide distribution.
Species
ナガヒシダニ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyStigmaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 453
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Stigmaeidae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, MSU, LACM, INHS, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, UWM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life cycle
- Habitat
- Diet
- Biological control
- Genera
- References
- Further reading
Stigmaeidae is a family of prostigmatan mites in the order Trombidiformes. At over 600 species, it is the largest family in superfamily Raphignathoidea. It has a worldwide distribution.
== Description == As mites, Stigmaeidae have unsegmented bodies with eight legs (six in larvae). They can be recognised by: prodorsum without transversal groove, sacs or tubes; suranal and aggenital shields separate; cheliceral bases usually separate (rarely fused or conjunct); palps stout with tibial claws at least 1/3 length of tarsus; peritreme absent. Males differ from females in being somewhat tapered posteriorly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stigmaeidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.