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Brevipalpus
Sign in to saveBrevipalpus is a genus of mites in the family Tenuipalpidae, the flat mites. The genus includes several species that are among the most important economic pests in the flat mite family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderTrombidiformes
- FamilyTenuipalpidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 173
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Tenuipalpidae
- Collections
- USNM, EMEC
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Jamaica, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Tenuipalpidae
- Image
- Flat mite, Brevipalpus phoenicis.jpg
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Brevipalpus is a genus of mites in the family Tenuipalpidae, the flat mites. The genus includes several species that are among the most important economic pests in the flat mite family.
Some Brevipalpus species are made up mostly of female individuals that reproduce via thelytoky, producing offspring without fertilization. Male individuals occur but often become feminized by Cardinium bacteria that colonize their bodies.
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