Family Trombidiidae - Velvet Mites

Classification · Numbers · Size · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Allothrombium adult and larvae - Allothrombium

Velvet Mite munching on grasshopper larvae

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Acariformes

Order Actinedida

Suborder Parasitengona

Superfamily Trombidioidea

Family Trombidiidae (Velvet Mites)

Numbers

Several thousand species (1)

Size

adults to 4 mm (1)

Food

Larvae are parasitic on insects. Adults eat insect eggs.

Print References

Spiders and Their Kin (1), p.135

Internet References

http://entowww.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/acari/Family/Trombidiidae.txt This is a world list of subfamilies, genera and species in family Trombidiidae

Whatsthatbug.com

The Biology and Ecology of Trombidiid Mites - link to pdf file of review paper by ZQ Zhang in Experimental and Applied Acarology (1998).

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:33pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, McClarinJ, kschnei
Last updated 5 November, 2008 - 12:51pm

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