Tydeidae

Taxobox


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Yellow mite, "Lorryia formosa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Eupodina
superfamilia = Tydeoidea
familia = Tydeidae
familia_authority = Kramer, 1877
diversity_link = Tydeidae
diversity = c. 60 genera, > 370 species

Tydeidae is a family of acariform mites. These are generally small mites with muted colours. The body is soft, often with complex striated or reticulated patterns. Some species have two or three eyes although many are completely eyeless.

These mites live in a wide range of habitats and there are predatory, fungivorous and scavenging species.

Selected genera:
* "Acanthotydides"
* "Idiolorryia"
* "Krantzlorryia"
* "Lorryia"
* "Metalorryia"
* "Neoapolorryia"
* "Nudilorryia"
* "Paralorryia"
* "Pronematus"
* "Pseudolorryia"
* "Tydeus"
* "Tydides"

References

* [http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=95931 Tydeidae at Fauna Europaea]
*'s Biology Catalog: [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Tydeidae.txt Tydeidae]