Astigmata (plant parasitic and storage mites)
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Astigmata (plant parasitic and storage mites)
This group of small mites (often less than 1 mm large) contains various ectoparasitic pests. Others are beneficial as predators of other mites. A number of species are storage pests or plant parasites. These include, for example, the flour mite or the mould mite.
The species have 8 legs, are weakly sclerotized and lack spiracles or tracheae. The development includes the egg, protonymph, deutonymph and tritonymph stages.
Note:
This page deals only with plant parasitic and storage pests. For other groups see:
The following families are currently included under this group:
