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Tarsonemus
Sign in to saveTarsonemus is a genus of trombidiform mites within the family Tarsonemidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyTarsonemidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 742
- With media
- 151
- Family
- Tarsonemidae
- Collections
- UQROO, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Tarsonemus is a genus of trombidiform mites within the family Tarsonemidae.
== Description == Adult Tarsonemus can be recognised by (among other features) simple unmodified setae on the dorsal idiosoma, two pairs of setae on the metapodosomal venter, short cheliceral stylets, and a gnathosomal capsule that is not conspicuously beaklike.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarsonemus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.