Hydrachnidiae
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thumb|upright=1.11| Water mites in a mat of floating algae thumb|upright=1.11| Two water mites feeding on the larva of a Chironomidae|chironomid
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Vinony's link graph records 34 inbound references to Hydrachnidiae, and connects out to Holothyrida, Mesostigmata and mite.
Vinony files it under Arachnids of Africa, Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items and Taxonbars without primary Wikidata taxon IDs.
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Description
- Habitat
- Parasitism
- Background
- Mosquitoes as hosts
- Predation
- Evolutionary history
- References
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thumb|upright=1.11| Water mites in a mat of floating algae thumb|upright=1.11| Two water mites feeding on the larva of a Chironomidae|chironomid
Hydrachnidia, also known as "water mites", Hydrachnidiae, Hydracarina or Hydrachnellae, are among the most abundant and diverse groups of benthic arthropods, composed of 6,000 described species from 57 families. As water mites of Africa, Asia, and South America have not been well-studied, the numbers are likely to be far greater. Other taxa of parasitengone mites include species with semi-aquatic habits, but only the Hydracarina are properly subaquatic. Water mites follow the general Parasitengona life cycle: active larva, inactive (calyptostasic) protonymph, active deutonymph, inactive tritonymph and active adult. Usually, larvae are parasites, while deutonymphs and adults are predators.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hydrachnidiae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.