Veigaiidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Subclass: | Acari |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Superfamily: | Veigaioidea |
Family: |
Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939 |
Diversity | |
4 genera, c. 60 species | |
Synonyms | |
Veigaiaidae |
Veigaiaidae
Veigaidae
Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.