Arachnida (plant parasitic and storage mites)

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Brevipalpus phoenicis (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Eric Erbe, USDA, ARS
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Arachnida (plant parasitic and storage mites)
The group includes plant parasitic mites as well as mites infesting stored products. As with other spider-like arthropods, the members have 4 pairs of legs.

The following families are currently included under Arachnida (plant parasitic and storage mites):

• Acaridae - Astigmata
• Eriophyidae - Prostigmata
• Erythraeidae - Prostigmata
• Glycyphagidae - Astigmata
• Penthaleidae - Prostigmata

• Rhyncaphytoptidae - Prostigmata
• Tarsonemidae - Prostigmata
• Tenuipalpidae - Prostigmata
• Tetranychidae - Prostigmata