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Phthiracaridae
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Phthiracaridae is a family of oribatid mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 7 genera and at least 710 described species in Phthiracaridae.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyPhthiracaridae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 489
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Phthiracaridae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, VPI, UQROO, UAM, MSU, CU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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- Further reading
Phthiracaridae is a family of oribatid mites in the order Oribatida. There are about 7 genera and at least 710 described species in Phthiracaridae.
==Genera== Atropacarus Ewing, 1917 Hoplophorella Berlese, 1923 Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933 Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966 Phthiracarus Perty, 1841 Rhacaplacarus Niedbala, 1986 Steganacarus Ewing, 1917
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