Histiostomatidae

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Histiostomatidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Ventral view of Sarraceniopus gibsoni, the pitcher plant mite, which is found within the pitcher leaves of Sarracenia purpurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Superfamily: Histiostomatoidea
Family: Histiostomatidae
Berlese, 1897

Histiostomatidae is a

Astigmata.[1]

Description

These mites are characterized by a very small size (about 600–900

chelicera is reduced to small rests, and the distal pedipalp article is connected to a more or less complex membranous structure. These mouthpart modifications form an organ to feed on bacteria.[4]

Habitats colonized by these mites include animal dung, compost,[2] water-filled tree hollows and the fluids of Nepenthes and Sarracenia pitcher plants.[5]

Genera

The family contains the following genera:[6]

References

  1. ^ B. M. OConnor (1981). A systematic revision of the family-group taxa in the non-psoroptid Astigmata (Acari, Acariformes) (Ph.D. thesis). University of Michigan.
  2. ^ a b R. Scheucher (1957). "Systematik und Ökologie der deutschen Anoetinen". Beiträge zur Systematik und Ökologie mitteleuropäischer Acarina (in German). 1: 233–384.
  3. ^ R. D. Hughes & C. G. Jackson (1958). "A review of the Anoetidae (Acari)". Virginia Journal of Science. 9: 5–198.
  4. ^ Stefan Wirth (2004). Phylogeny, biology and character transformations of the Histiostomatidae (Acari, Astigmata) (Ph.D. thesis). Freie Universität Berlin.
  5. Australian Journal of Entomology
    . 41: 2–11.
  6. ^ "Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897". Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on November 16, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2013.