''Platyseius'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
s in the family
Ascidae
Ascidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.
Description
Ascidae are mites characterised by: seta ''st4'' usually on unsclerotised cuticle, peritrematic shield broadly connected to exopodal shield beside coxa IV, fixed chelicera ...
.
Species
* ''
Platyseius capillatus''
Berlese, 1916
* ''
Platyseius cupensis''
Halliday, Walter & Lindquist, 1998
* ''
Platyseius flagellatus''
Karg, 1994
* ''
Platyseius horridus''
(Evans & Hyatt, 1960)
* ''
Platyseius leleupi''
van-Driel, Loots & Marais, 1977
* ''
Platyseius subglaber''
(Oudemans, 1903)
References
Ascidae
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