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| Tenuipalpidae | |
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| Raoiella indica, an SEM image with false color | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Suborder: | Prostigmata |
| Infraorder: | Eleutherengona |
| Superfamily: | Tetranychoidea |
| Family: | Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913 |
| Diversity | |
| > 30 genera, > 780 species | |
Tenuipalpidae, also called flat mites or false spider mites, are a family of mites, closely related to the Tetranychidae. They are reddish and slow-moving and normally feed near the midrib or veins on the underside of leaves. Several species, among them Raoiella indica, are important crop pests. Other common species include Acaricis urigersoni and the Brevipalpus species B. phoenicis, B. californicus, B. obovatus, and B. lewisi.
Genera
[edit]The family includes the following genera:[1]
- Acaricis Beard and Gerson, 2009
- Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950
- Afronychus M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
- Amblypalpus Mitrofanov & Strunkova, 1978
- Australopalpus Smiley & Gerson, 1995
- Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 1875
- Capedulia M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
- Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker, 1958
- Chaudhripalpus Mesa, Welbourn & Evans, 2009
- Coleacarus M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
- Crossipalpus Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996
- Cyperacarus Beard & Ochoa, 2011
- Dolichotetranychus Sayed, 1938
- Gahniacarus Beard & Ochoa, 2011
- Krugeria M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
- Larvacarus Baker & Pritchard, 1952
- Lisaepalpus Smiley & Gerson, 1995
- Macfarlaniella Baker & Pritchard, 1962
- Magdalenapalpus Mesa, Welbourn & Evans, 2009
- Meyeraepalpus Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996
- Obdulia Pritchard & Baker, 1958
- Obuloides Baker & Tuttle, 1975
- Palpipalpus Beard & Seeman, 2014
- Pentamerismus McGregor, 1949
- Philippipalpus Corpuz-Raros, 1978
- Phyllotetranychus Sayed, 1938
- Phytoptipalpus Trägårdh, 1904
- Priscapalpus de Leon, 1961
- Prolixus Beard, Fan & Walter, xxxx
- Pseudoleptus Bruyant, 1911
- Raoiella Hirst, 1924
- Raoiellana Baker & Tuttle, 1972
- Tegopalpus Womersley, 1940
- Tenuilichus M. Mohanasundaram, 1988
- Tenuipalpus Donnadieu, 1875
- Terminalichus Anwarullah & Khan, 1974
- Ultratenuipalpus Mitrofanov, 1973
- Urigersonus Mesa, Ochoa & Evans, 2009
References
[edit]- ↑ Beard, J.J.; Ochoa, R.; Bauchan, G.R.; Trice, M.D.; Redford, A.J.; Walters, T.W.; Mitter, C. (April 2015). "Flat Mites of the World". idtools.org. USDA. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
Wikispecies has information related to Tenuipalpidae.
- Baker, Edward J.; Tuttle, Donald M. & Abbatiello, Michael J. (1975): The False Spider Mites of Northwestern and North Central Mexico (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 194: 1-23.
- Beard, J.J. & Ochoa, R. (2011). "New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)." Zootaxa 2941: 1-37.
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Tenuipalpidae
- Mites and Ticks: A Virtual Introduction — Tenuipalpidae
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