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Penthaleidae
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Penthaleidae

Penthaleidae, also referred to as earth mites, are a family of mites found on every continent. They are major winter pests of a variety of crops and pastures in southern Australia.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Penthaleus

genusPenthaleus

Halotydeus

genusHalotydeus

Linopenthaleus

genusLinopenthaleus

Linopenthaloides

genusLinopenthaloides

Chromotydaeus

genusChromotydaeus

Turanopenthalodes

genusTuranopenthalodes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245222.