''Atractides'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
s belonging to the family
Hygrobatidae.
The genus was first described by Koch in 1836.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Atractides acutirostris''
* ''
Atractides digitatus''
* ''
Atractides nodipalpis''
* ''
Atractides ovalis''
* ''
Atractides pavesii''
References
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Trombidiformes
Trombidiformes genera