''Parathyas'' is a genus of
mites
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 ...
belonging to the family
Hydryphantidae
Hydryphantidae is a family of mites 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 synapomorphi ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''
Parathyas barbigera''
(Viets, 1908)
* ''
Parathyas bruzelii''
(Lundblad, 1926)
References
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Trombidiformes
Trombidiformes genera