Megisthanidae is a family 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 in the order
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They can ...
. It contains 26 currently recognised species, including the largest known
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They can ...
.
[Seeman, O. 2017: ''Megisthanus leviathanicus'' sp. nov. (Parasitiformes: Megisthanidae), the largest known Mesostigmata, a symbiont of the beetle ''Mastachilus australasicus'' (Coleoptera: Passalidae). ''International journal of acarology'', ] There is at least one genus, ''
Megisthanus'', in Megisthanidae.
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References
External links
iNaturalist
Mesostigmata
Acari families
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