Polyaspididae
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Polyaspididae is a family of mite
s in the order Mesostigmata
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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 in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body....
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Species
- Calotrachys Berlese, 1916
- Calotrachys fimbriatipes (Michael, 1908)
- Dipolyaspis Berlese, 1916
- Dipolyaspis sansonei (Berlese, 1916)
- Dyscritaspis Camin, 1953
- Dyscritaspis whartoni Camin, 1953
- Polyaspis Berlese, 1881
- Polyaspis australis Berlese, 1910
- Polyaspis athiasae Hirschmann & Ztrngiebl-Nicol, 1969
- Polyaspis bengalensis (Pramanik & Raychaudhuri, 1978)
- Polyaspis berlesei Camin, 1954
- Polyaspis bincheae Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1984
- Polyaspis calcuttaensis Sarkar & Sanyal, 1999
- Polyaspis criocephali Wisniewski, 1980
- Polyaspis flechtmanni Hirschmann & Kemnitzer, 1989
- Polyaspis lamellipes Banks, 1914
- Polyaspis nicolae Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1984
- Polyaspis patavinus Berlese, 1881
- Polyaspis posnaniensis Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1991
- Polyaspis potchefstroomi Ryke, 1956
- Polyaspis repandus Berlese, 1904
- Polyaspis vitzthumi Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969
- Polyaspis sclerophyllus (Michael, 1908)