Subfamily Tetranychinae

Classification · Remarks · Works Cited

Mites on indoor house plant - Tetranychus urticae

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 Eleutherengona

No Taxon (Raphignathina)

Superfamily Tetranychoidea

Family Tetranychidae (Spider Mites)

Subfamily Tetranychinae

Remarks

These mites have spinnerets on the palps, not homologous to spider spinnerets, and spin webs. "Production of webbing serves a variety of functions, including protecting the eggs, locating members of the opposite sex, dispersal, and protecting populations against adverse environmental factors and natural enemies."(1)

Works Cited

1.	A manual of acarology, 3rd Ed. G.W. Krantz and D.E. Walter. 2009. Texas Tech University Press.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 3 June, 2008 - 11:28pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 8 September, 2014 - 11:25am

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