Mesostigs
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body.
7 branches of this order, most-observed first
Monogynaspida
suborderMonogynaspida
Trigynapsida
suborderTrigynapsida
Sejida
suborderSejida
Gamaselidae
familyGamaselidae
Paramegistidae
familyParamegistidae
Dwigubskyiidae
familyDwigubskyiidae
Hirstionyssidae
familyHirstionyssidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 52790.