Protodinychidae is a small 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 ...
, containing the single genus ''Protodinychus''.
Species
''Protodinychus'' comprises three recognised species:
* ''
Protodinychus punctatus''
Evans, 1957
* ''
Protodinychus ainscoughi''
Hutu & Calugar, 2002
* ''
Protodinychus evansi''
Hutu & Calugar, 2002
References
Mesostigmata
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