Limnesiidae is a family of prostigs in the order
Trombidiformes
The Trombidiformes are a large, diverse order of mites.
Taxonomy
In 1998, Trombidiformes was divided into the Sphaerolichida and the Prostigmata. The group has few synapomorphies by which it can be defined, unlike the other major group of aca ...
. There are at least 3 genera and 20 described species in Limnesiidae.
Genera
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Centrolimnesia''
Lundblad, 1935
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Limnesia
''Limnesia'' 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 gen ...
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C. L. Koch, 1836
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Tyrrellia''
Koenike, 1895
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Trombidiformes
Acari families
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