Unionicolidae 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 about 5 genera and at least 40 described species in Unionicolidae.
Genera
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Huitfeldtia''
Thor, 1898
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Koenikea''
Wolcott, 1900
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Najadicola''
Piersig, 1897
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Neumania''
Lebert, 1879
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Unionicola
''Unionicola'' is a genus of freshwater arachnids, belonging to the family Unionicolidae. The genus was described in 1842 by Samuel Stehman Haldeman. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Most ''Unionicola'' are associated with mollusks, but ...
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Haldeman, 1842
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Trombidiformes
Acari families
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