Trombidiidae
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Trombidiidae, also known as red velvet mites, true velvet mites,[1] or rain bugs, are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) found in plant litter and are known for their bright red color.
While adults are typically no more than Template:Cvt in length, some species can grow larger and the largest, including the African Dinothrombium tinctorum and Indian Trombidium grandissimum, may exceed Template:Cvt.[1][2][3] This also makes them the largest mites, if disregarding ticks engorged after feeding;[4] unlike those, D. tinctorum and T. grandissimum are harmless to humans.[2][3]
Their life pattern is in stages similar to other members of the Prostigmata: egg, pre-larva, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, tritonymph and adult (male or female). They usually have only one breeding cycle per year.[5]
They are active predators as grown adults. As larvae they are often parasites of insects[6] and other arachnids.[7] This lifestyle is typical of the Parasitengona.[8]
One well-known species from Europe, Asia, and North Africa is Trombidium holosericeum.[9] The systematics of this group has been in flux and many former subfamilies of this are now raised to families within the Trombidioidea.[5][10]
List of genera
According to Joanna Makol[11]
- Trombidiinae Leach, 1815
- Allothrombium Berlese, 1903 synonyme Corethrothrombium Oudemans, 1928 & Mongolothrombium Feider, 1973
- Andinothrombium Makol, 2007
- Andrethrombium Makol, 2007
- Arknotrombium Haitlinger, 2007
- Azaritrombium Saboori, Bagheri & Haddad, 2005
- Caenothrombium Oudemans, 1927
- Calctrombidium Haitlinger, 2003
- Clinotrombium Southcott, 1986
- Darjeelingia Makol, 2007
- Dinothrombium Oudemans, 1910
- Dolichothrombidium Feider, 1945
- Iranitrombium Saboori & Hajiqanbar in Saboori, Hajiqanbar & Irani-nejad 2003
- Mesothrobium Hirst, 1926 synonyme Austrothrombium Womersley, 1934
- Monotrombium Zhang in Zhang & Norbakhsh 1995
- Oskootrombium Saboori, Bagheri & Haddad 2006
- Paratrombium Bruyant, 1910
- Pollicotrombium Southcott, 1986
- Robauxthrombium Makol, 2007
- Ronaldothrombium Makol, 2007
- Trombidium Fabricius, 1775 synonyme Kaszabothrombium Fieder, 1973
- Variathrombium Robaux, 1969
- Wohltmannella Makol, 2007
- Xenothrombium Oudemans, 1927
Human use
An oil made from Trombidium grandissimum is used in traditional Indian medicine.[12][13]
References
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- ↑ a b Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (1998) Biology and ecology of trombidiid mites (Acari: Trombidioidea) Experimental & Applied Acarology 22:139–155 PDF
- ↑ L. Conradt, S. A. Corbet, T. J. Roper, E. J. Bodsworth (2002) Parasitism by the mite Trombidium breei on four U.K. butterfly species. Ecological Entomology 27(6):651–659
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- ↑ Makol, Joanna (2007) Generic level review and phylogeny of Trombidiidae and Podothrombiidae (Acari: Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea) of the world. Annales Zoologici 57(1): 1–194
- ↑ Makol, 2007 : Generic level review and phylogeny of Trombidiidae and Podothrombiidae (Acari: Actinotrichida: Trombidioidea) of the world. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw), vol. 57, n. 1, Template:P..
- ↑ Oudhia, P. 1999b. Traditional medicinal knowledge about red velvet mite Trombidium sp. (Acari: Trombidiidae) in Chhattisgarh. Insect Environment 5(3):113. Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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