Erythraeus

Taxobox
name = "Erythraeus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Anystina
unranked_familia = Parasitengona
superfamilia = Erythraeoidea
familia = Erythraeidae
genus = "Erythraeus"
genus_authority = Latreille, 1806
subdivision_ranks = Species include
subdivision ="Erythraeus celeripes"
"Erythraeus collinitus"
"Erythraeus imperator"
"Erythraeus munsteri

"Erythraeus" is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with two pairs of eyes and long legs (the first and fourth pairs are often longer than the body).

References

*"Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa", Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I