Veigaiidae
Sign in to saveVeigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderMesostigmata
- FamilyVeigaiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 73
- Family
- Veigaiidae
- Collections
- USNM, CU, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL)
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.
==Genera== Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese, 1904 Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1903 Gorirossia Farrier, 1957 Veigaia Oudemans, 1905
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