Family Tydeidae

Classification · Numbers · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Very small white things - Are they mites?

Gambel oak erineium gall mite predator mite, dorsal

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Acariformes

Order Trombidiformes

Suborder Prostigmata (Prostigs)

Infraorder Eupodina

Superfamily Tydeoidea

Family Tydeidae

Numbers

24 North American species in 7 genera, 328 species in 30 general worldwide (1)

Food

Predation, phytophagy, fungivory, and scavenging (2).

Remarks

This family includes some of the smallest mites. [comment by Barry O'Connor]

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species G. L. D. Silva, M. H. Metzelthin, O. S. D. Silva, and N. J. Ferla. 2016. Zootaxa, 4135(1), 1–68.

2.	Feeding habits of the Tydeidae with evidence of Homeopronematus anconai ... predation on Aculops lycopersici ... Nawal A. Hessein and Thomas M. Perring. 1986. International Journal of Acarology, 12:4, 215-221.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 July, 2009 - 8:04pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden
Last updated 26 June, 2021 - 5:47pm

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