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Fig. 170 A female tarsonemid mite - family
Tarsonemidae (xlOO).
Fig. 171 Hindleg of a male tarsonemid mite - family
Tarsonemidae.
6. Family PYGMEPHORIDAE
(red pepper mites) (p. 264)
Small, tarsonemid-like mites but hindlegs well
developed in both sexes, in the male 5-
segmented; gnathosoma of male reduced and ap-
parently non-functional.
EXAMPLE: Pygmephorus mesembrinae.
claw; chelicerae each with a styliform moveable
digit. Body yellowish, pale brown, pale red or
whitish but only weakly coloured. Of various
habits and often predacious on other mites and
small insects.
EXAMPLE: Tydeus interruptus.
Superfamily EUPODOIDEA
7. Family EUPODIDAE (p. 264 et seq.)
Superfamily RAPHIGNATHOIDEA
9. Family STIGMAEIDAE
Small (0.2-1.0mm long), greenish or yellow-
ish, very active mites with reddish, or red
and black-flecked, legs; body pyriform (and
pointed posteriorly), soft and striated;
propodosoma with a pair of lateral eye spots;
chelicerae with a styliform moveable digit, the
fixed digit terminating in several finger-like
processes; legs each with two claws; setae short
and serrated.
EXAMPLE: Penthaleus major (red-legged earth
mite).
Small (0.5mm long), rather sedentary, relatively
short-legged, diamond-shaped mites; pedipalps
with a tibial claw. Minor predators of other
mites, including gall mites, rust mites and spider
mites.
EXAMPLE: Zetzellia mail
Superfamily TETRANYCHOIDEA
10. Family TETRANYCHIDAE
(spider mites) (p. 265 et seq.)
Superfamily TYDEOIDEA
8. Family TYDEIDAE
Spider-like (Fig. 172), often reddish or greenish
mites; pedipalps robust, 5-segmented and with
both a tibial claw and a spinneret (therefore,
capable of producing silken webbing); chelicerae
Small (0.2-0.3 mm long), very active, short-
legged, often diamond-shaped or egg-shaped
mites; pedipalps 4-segmented, without a distinct
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