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Tydeus (mite)

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Tydeus
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Tydeus

Koch, 1836
Species

Many, see text

Tydeus is a genus of mites belonging to the family Tydeidae. These are small, usually white, mites with soft bodies covered in striations and each leg terminating in two claws.

Selected species

References

  • Fauna Europaea
  • New species of mites of the families Tydeidae and Labidostommidae (Acarina: Prostigmata) collected from South African plants Magdelena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke Acarologia vol I