Nanorchestidae is a family of endeostigs in the order

Endeostigmata Endeostigmata is a suborder of acariform mites. There are about ten families in Endeostigmata. The grouping is strongly suspected to be paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most ...

. There are at least two genera and two described species in Nanorchestidae. Mites of the family Nanorchestidae live in soil throughout world and may live in both hot and very cold

deserts A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one ...

. While mites of the genus ''Speleorchestes'' are able to live in the hottest deserts, those of the genus ''Nanorchestes'' live in the coldest areas on earth. ''Nanorchestes antarcticus'', at a size of around a quarter of a millimeter, occurs in Antarctic soil and, to a lesser extent, on glaciers. Nanorchestes-8806

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* '' Nanorchestes'' Topsent & Trouessart, 1890 * '' Speleorchestes'' Trägårdh, 1909

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