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Spider Mites
Tetranychidae
Spider mites are members of the Acari (mite) family Tetranychidae, which includes about 1,200 species. They generally live on the undersides of leaves of plants, where they may spin protective silk webs, and they can cause damage by puncturing the plant cells to feed. Spider mites are known to feed on several hundred species of plants.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Tetranychus
genusTetranychus
Bryobia
genusBryobia
Eurytetranychus
genusEurytetranychus
Bamboo Mites
genusStigmaeopsis
Petrobia
genusPetrobia
Oligonychus
genusOligonychus
Panonychus
genusPanonychus
Eotetranychus
genusEotetranychus
Bryobiinae
subfamilyBryobiinae
Schizotetranychus
genusSchizotetranychus
Amphitetranychus
genusAmphitetranychus
Eutetranychus
genusEutetranychus
Neonidulus
genusNeonidulus
Platytetranychus
genusPlatytetranychus
Allonychus
genusAllonychus
Atetranychus
genusAtetranychus
Beerella
genusBeerella
Crotonella
genusCrotonella
Georgiobia
genusGeorgiobia
Hemibryobia
genusHemibryobia
Hystrichonychus
genusHystrichonychus
Langella
genusLangella
Mcgregorella
genusMcgregorella
Monoceronychus
genusMonoceronychus
Palmanychus
genusPalmanychus
Paraplonobia
genusParaplonobia
Pseudobryobia
genusPseudobryobia
Sonotetranychus
genusSonotetranychus
Mononychellus
genusMononychellus
Neotrichobia
genusNeotrichobia
Tribolonychus
genusTribolonychus
Brevinychus
genusBrevinychus
Afronobia
genusAfronobia
Aplonobia
genusAplonobia
Aponychus
genusAponychus
Bryobiella
genusBryobiella
Bryocopsis
genusBryocopsis
Evertella
genusEvertella
Dolichonobia
genusDolichonobia
Duplanychus
genusDuplanychus
Edella
genusEdella
Eonychus
genusEonychus
Hellenychus
genusHellenychus
Neopetrobia
genusNeopetrobia
Meyernychus
genusMeyernychus
Mixonychus
genusMixonychus
Parapetrobia
genusParapetrobia
Peltanobia
genusPeltanobia
Porcupinychus
genusPorcupinychus
Sinobryobia
genusSinobryobia
Synonychus
genusSynonychus
Strunkobia
genusStrunkobia
Tauriobia
genusTauriobia
Tenuipalpoides
genusTenuipalpoides
Tenuipalponychus
genusTenuipalponychus
Tetranycopsis
genusTetranycopsis
Toronobia
genusToronobia
Xinella
genusXinella
Yunonychus
genusYunonychus
Atrichoproctus
genusAtrichoproctus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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