Tydeidae

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Tydeidae
Yellow mite, Lorryia formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Subclass: Acari Superorder: Acariformes Order: Prostigmata Suborder: Eupodina Superfamily: Tydeoidea Family: Tydeidae Kramer, 1877
Diversity
c. 60 genera, > 370 species

Tydeidae is a family of acariform mites. These are generally small mites with muted colours. The body is soft, often with complex striated or reticulated patterns. Some species have two or three eyes although many are completely eyeless.

These mites live in a wide range of habitats and there are predatory, fungivorous and scavenging species.

Selected genera:

• Acanthotydides
• Idiolorryia
• Krantzlorryia
• Lorryia
• Metalorryia
• Neoapolorryia
• Nudilorryia
• Paralorryia
• Pronematus
• Pseudolorryia
• Tydeus
• Tydides

[edit] References

• Tydeidae at Fauna Europaea
• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Tydeidae