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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata) » Acaridia » Acaroidea » Acaridae » Sancassania

Genus Sancassania

Classification · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References
Mites(?) on Pleocoma simi - Rain Beetle - Sancassania Mites(?) on Pleocoma simi - Rain Beetle - Sancassania Unknown habitat invader - Sancassania Unknown habitat invader - Sancassania Unknown habitat invader - Sancassania found these in my worm bins? - Sancassania anomala
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Acariformes
Order Astigmata (Astigs)
Suborder Acaridia
Superfamily Acaroidea
Family Acaridae
Genus Sancassania
Explanation of Names
Author: Oudemans, 1916
Remarks
These mites commonly feed on dead arthropod carcasses where large populations build up and consume the soft tissue. Next generation deutonymphs then disperse back into the soil and seek another habitat patch.
Some species in this genus are commonly associated with scarabaeoid beetles.
(comments by Barry M. O'Connor).
Some parasitize bees (IDTools)
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IDTools
U. Michigan
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 February, 2015 - 7:09am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 26 October, 2016 - 2:58pm

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