Fessonia

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Fessonia

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Superorder:	Acariformes
Order:	Prostigmata
Suborder:	Anystina
(unranked)	Parasitengona
Superfamily:	Erythraeoidea
Family:	Smaridiidae
Genus:	Fessonia Heyden, 1826

Species

Several, including:
Fessonia australiensis
Fessonia brevicristata
Fessonia papillosa

Fessonia is a genus of mites belonging to the family Smaridiidae. These mites can be distinguished from other related genera by having 2 pairs of eyes and always lacking sclerotized plates on the body.

[edit] References

Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa, Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I