Nanorchestidae

Nanorchestidae

Nanorchestidae

Family of mites

Nanorchestidae is a family of endeostigs in the order Endeostigmata. There are at least two genera and two described species in Nanorchestidae.[1][2]

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Mites of the family Nanorchestidae live in soil throughout world and may live in both hot and very cold deserts. While mites of the genus Speleorchestes are able to live in the hottest deserts, those of the genus Nanorchestes live in the coldest areas on earth. Nanorchestes antarcticus, at a size of around a quarter of a millimeter, occurs in Antarctic soil and, to a lesser extent, on glaciers.[3][4]

Nanorchestes

Genera

  • Nanorchestes Topsent & Trouessart, 1890
  • Speleorchestes Trägårdh, 1909

References

  1. [1]
    "Nanorchestidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  2. [2]
    "Nanorchestidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  3. [3]
    Rounsevell, D.E.; Greenslade, Penelope (1988). "Cuticle structure and habitat in the Nanorchestidae (Acari: Prostigmata)". Biology of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. Springer: 209–212.
  4. [4]
    Block, W., Block, W. (1980). "Nanorchestes antarcticus Strandtmann (Prostigmata) from Antarctic ice". Acarologia. 21. Les Amis d'Acarologia: 173–176.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading

  • Breene, R.G.; Dean, D. Allen; Edwards, G.B.; Hebert, Blain; Levi, Herbert W.; Manning, Gail (2003). Common Names of Arachnids. Vol. Fifth Edition. American Tarantula Society. ISBN 1-929427-11-5.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Jackman, John A. (2002). A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
  • Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Vol. 3rd Edition. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.


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