Tydeidae Temporal range:
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"Yellow mite", Lorryia formosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Suborder: | Prostigmata |
Superfamily: | Tydeoidea |
Family: | Tydeidae Kramer, 1877 |
Subfamilies | |
Diversity | |
30 genera, >320 species |
Tydeidae is a family of acariform mites. As of 2016, it contained over 300 species in three subfamilies,[1] though more species have been discovered since then.[2]
These mites live in a wide range of habitats and there are predatory, fungivorous and scavenging species.