Phthiracaridae is a family of oribatid mites in the order
Oribatida
Oribatida (formerly Cryptostigmata), also known as oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites, are an order of mites, in the "chewing Acariformes" clade Sarcoptiformes. They range in size from . There are currently 12,000 species that have been ...
. There are about 7 genera and at least 710 described species in Phthiracaridae.
Genera
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Atropacarus''
Ewing, 1917
* ''
Hoplophorella''
Berlese, 1923
* ''
Hoplophthiracarus''
Jacot, 1933
* ''
Notophthiracarus''
Ramsay, 1966
* ''
Phthiracarus''
Perty, 1841
* ''
Rhacaplacarus''
Niedbala, 1986
* ''
Steganacarus''
Ewing, 1917
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Acariformes
Acari families
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