Costacaridae is a family 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 in the order
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They ca ...
.
Species
Costacaridae contains one genus, with one recognized species:
* Genus ''Costacarus''
P. E. Hunter, 1993
** ''
Costacarus reyesi''
P. E. Hunter, 1993
References
Mesostigmata
Acari families
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