Tetranychidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Tetranychidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Tetranychidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spider mite
Spider mites are members of the family Tetranychidae, which includes about 1,200 species. They are part of the subclass Acari (mites). Spider mites generally live on the undersides of leaves of plants, where they may spin protective silk webs, and can cause damage by puncturing the plant cells to feed. Spider mites are known to feed on several hundred species of plants.
...Tetranychidae in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Spinmyte
- Chinese
- 葉蟎科
- Czech
- sviluškovití
- English
- Spider Mites
- German
- Spinnmilben
- Japanese
- ハダニ科
- Modern Greek
- Τετρανυχίδες
- Russian
- Паутинные клещи
- Swedish
- spinnkvalster
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Afronobia
- Allonychus
- Amphitetranychus
- Aplonobia
- Aponychus
- Atetranychus
- Atrichoproctus
- Beerella
- Brevinychus
- Bryobia
- Bryobiella
- Bryobiinae
- Bryocopsis
- Crotonella
- Dolichonobia
- Duplanychus
- Edella
- Eonychus
- Eotetranychus
- Eurytetranychus
- Eutetranychus
- Evertella
- Georgiobia
- Hellenychus
- Hemibryobia
- Hystrichonychus
- Langella
- Marainobia
- Mcgregorella
- Mesobryobia
- Meyernychus
- Mixonychus
- Monoceronychus
- Mononychellus
- Neonidulus
- Neopetrobia
- Neotetranychus
- Neotrichobia
- Oligonychus
- Palmanychus
- Panonychus
- Parapetrobia
- Paraplonobia
- Peltanobia
- Petrobia
- Platytetranychus
- Porcupinychus
- Pseudobryobia
- Schizonobia
- Schizotetranychus
- Sonotetranychus
- Stigmaeopsis
- Tetranychus
- Tribolonychus
- Yezonychus































































































































































