Veigaiidae
| Veigaiidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Superfamily: | Veigaioidea |
| Family: |
Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 |
| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, c. 60 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Veigaiaidae |
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Veigaiaidae
Veigaidae
Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder 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.
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