''Fessonia'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
s belonging to the family
Smaridiidae. These mites can be distinguished from other related genera by having 2 pairs of eyes and always lacking
sclerotized plates on the body.
References
*''Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa'', Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I
Trombidiformes genera
Arachnids of Africa
Taxa named by Carl von Heyden
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