''Rettacarus'' is a genus of
mites
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 ...
in the family
Acaridae
The Acaridae are a family of mites in order Sarcoptiformes.
Distribution
There are several acarid genera with cosmopolitan distributions, such as ''Acarus', Sancassania'' and ''Tyrophagus''.
Ecology
Acaridae live in various habitats an ...
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Species
* ''
Rettacarus rettenmeyerorum''
S. Mahunka, 1979
References
Acaridae
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