Phytoseiidae
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Phytoseiidae is a family
of mite
s which feed on thrips
and other mite species. They are often used as a biological control agent for managing mite pests.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of mite
Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
s which feed on thrips
Thrips
Thrips are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings . Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, and corn lice...
and other mite species. They are often used as a biological control agent for managing mite pests.
Subfamilies
- AmblyseiinaeAmblyseiinaeAmblyseiinae is a subfamily of mites in the Phytoseiidae family.-Genera:* Amblyseiella Muma, 1955* Amblyseiulella Muma, 1961* Amblyseius Berlese, 1914* Archeosetus Chant & McMurtry, 2002* Arrenoseius Wainstein, 1962...
Muma, 1961 - PhytoseiinaePhytoseiinaePhytoseiinae is a subfamily of mites in the Phytoseiidae family.-Genera:* Chantia Pritchard & Baker, 1962* Phytoseius Ribaga, 1904* Platyseiella Muma, 1961...
Berlese, 1916 - TyphlodrominaeTyphlodrominaeTyphlodrominae is a subfamily of mites in the Phytoseiidae family.-Genera:* Africoseiulus Chant & McMurtry, 1994* Australiseiulus Muma, 1961* Chanteius Wainstein, 1962* Cocoseius Denmark & Andrews, 1981* Cydnoseius Muma, 1967...
Scheuten, 1857
External links
- Neoseiulus californicus, a predatory mite on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
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