Tenuipalpidae

Tenuipalpidae
Raoiella indica, an SEM image with false color
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Trombidiformes
Superfamily:	Tetranychoidea
Family:	Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913
Diversity
> 30 genera, > 780 species

Tenuipalpidae, also called flat mites or false spider mites, are a family of mites, closely related to the Tetranychidae. They are reddish and slow-moving and normally feed near the midrib or veins on the underside of leaves. Several species, among them Raoiella indica, are important crop pests. Other common species include Acaricis urigersoni and the Brevipalpus species B. phoenicis, B. californicus, B. obovatus, and B. lewisi.

Genera

The family includes the following genera:

• Aegyptobia Sayed, 1950
• Afronychus M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
• Australopalpus Smiley & Gerson, 1995
• Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 1875
• Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker, 1958
• Capedulia M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
• Coleacarus M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
• Crossipalpus Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996
• Cyperacarus Beard & Ochoa, 2011
• Dolichotetranychus Sayed, 1938
• Gahniacarus Beard & Ochoa, 2011
• Krugeria M. K. P. Smith-Meyer, 1979
• Larvacarus Baker & Pritchard, 1952
• Lisaepalpus Smiley & Gerson, 1995
• Macfarlaniella Baker & Pritchard, 1962
• Meyeraepalpus Smiley, Frost & Gerson, 1996
• Neoraoiella Mohanasundaram, 1996
• Obdulia Pritchard & Baker, 1958
• Obuloides Baker & Tuttle, 1975
• Pentamerismus McGregor, 1949
• Phyllotetranychus Sayed, 1938
• Phytoptipalpus Trägårdh, 1904
• Priscapalpus de Leon, 1961
• Pseudoleptus Bruyant, 1911
• Raoiella Hirst, 1924
• Raoiellana Baker & Tuttle, 1972
• Rarosiella Rimando, 1996
• Tegopalpus Womersley, 1940
• Tenuilichus M. Mohanasundaram, 1988
• Tenuipalpus Donnadieu, 1875
• Terminalichus Anwarullah & Khan, 1974
• Ultratenuipalpus Mitrofanov, 1973

References

• Baker, Edward J.; Tuttle, Donald M. & Abbatiello, Michael J. (1975): The False Spider Mites of Northwestern and North Central Mexico (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 194: 1-23.
• Beard, J.J. & Ochoa, R. (2011). "New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)." Zootaxa 2941: 1-37.
• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Tenuipalpidae
• Mites and Ticks: A Virtual Introduction — Tenuipalpidae