Tenuipalpidae, also called flat mites or false spider mites, are 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, closely related to the

Tetranychidae Spider mites are members of the family Tetranychidae, which includes about 1,200 species. They are part of the subclass Acari (mites). Spider mites generally live on the undersides of leaves of plants, where they may spin protective silk webs, a ...

. They are reddish and slow-moving and normally feed near the midrib or veins on the underside of leaves. Several species, among them '' Raoiella indica'', are important crop pests. Other common species include '' Acaricis urigersoni'' and the ''Brevipalpus'' species '' B. phoenicis'', '' B. californicus'', '' B. obovatus'', and '' B. lewisi''.

Genera

The family includes the following genera: * '' Aegyptobia'' Sayed, 1950 * '' Afronychus'' M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979 * '' Australopalpus'' Smiley & Gerson, 1995 * ''

Brevipalpus ''Brevipalpus'' is a genus of mites in the family Tenuipalpidae, the flat mites.Cenopalpus'' Pritchard & Baker, 1958 * '' Capedulia'' M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979 * '' Coleacarus'' M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979 * '' Crossipalpus'' Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996 * '' Cyperacarus'' Beard & Ochoa, 2011 * '' Dolichotetranychus'' Sayed, 1938 * '' Gahniacarus'' Beard & Ochoa, 2011 * '' Krugeria'' M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979 * '' Larvacarus'' Baker & Pritchard, 1952 * '' Lisaepalpus'' Smiley & Gerson, 1995 * '' Macfarlaniella'' Baker & Pritchard, 1962 * '' Meyeraepalpus'' Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996 * '' Neoraoiella'' Mohanasundaram, 1996 * '' Obdulia'' Pritchard & Baker, 1958 * '' Obuloides'' Baker & Tuttle, 1975 * '' Pentamerismus'' McGregor, 1949 * '' Phyllotetranychus'' Sayed, 1938 * '' Phytoptipalpus'' Trägårdh, 1904 * '' Priscapalpus'' de Leon, 1961 * '' Pseudoleptus'' Bruyant, 1911 * '' Raoiella'' Hirst, 1924 * '' Raoiellana'' Baker & Tuttle, 1972 * '' Rarosiella'' Rimando, 1996 * '' Tegopalpus'' Womersley, 1940 * '' Tenuilichus'' M. Mohanasundaram, 1988 * '' Tenuipalpus'' Donnadieu, 1875 * '' Terminalichus'' Anwarullah & Khan, 1974 * '' Ultratenuipalpus'' Mitrofanov, 1973

References

* Baker, Edward J.; Tuttle, Donald M. & Abbatiello, Michael J. (1975): The False Spider Mites of Northwestern and North Central Mexico (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). ''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 194: 1-23. * Beard, J.J. & Ochoa, R. (2011). "New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)." ''Zootaxa'' 2941: 1-37. * Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
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