Veigaiidae

Veigaiidae

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
ordo = Parasitiformes
subordo = Mesostigmata
familia = Veigaiidae
familia_authority = Oudemans, 1939
diversity_link = Veigaiidae
diversity = 4 genera, c. 60 species
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Cyrthydrolaelaps"
"Gamasolaelaps"
"Gorirossia"
"Veigaia"
synonyms =Veigaiaidae
Veigaidae

Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the order 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.

References

* (1959): The genera "Cyrthydrolaelaps" Berlese and "Gamasolaelaps" Berlese (Acarina: Mesostigmata). "Acarologia I".
*'s Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Veigaiidae.txt Veigaiidae]


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