Tarsonemidae

TaxID: 133229

Basic Information

Tarsonemidae

Tarsonemid Mites, white mites

Tarsonemidae is a family of mites, also called thread-footed mites or white mites. Only a limited number of tarsonemid genera (Steneotarsonemus, Polyphagotarsonemus, Phytonemus, Floridotarsonemus and Tarsonemus) are known to feed on higher plants while most species in this family feed on the thin-walled mycelia of fungi or possibly algal bodies. Even among the plant-feeding tarsonemid mites, most are confined to areas of new growth where cell walls are thin and therefore easily pierced. However two species (the "broad mite" Polyphagotarsonemus latus and the "cyclamen mite" Steneotarsonemus pallidus) are able to feed on older leaves because of their ability to inject toxins during feeding (presumably of salivary gland origin) causing an increase of thin walled cells surrounding feeding sites. This proliferation of new growth often results in leaves that appear stunted, puckered and twisted. Some Tarsonemidae are associated with insects. For example, three tribes of Acarapinae are insect parasites: Acarapini are parasites of Apis bees (the tribe includes notable pest Acarapis woodi), Coreitarsonemini live in odoriferous glands of leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae) and Podotarsonemini attach to wings of tetrigid grasshoppers.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Arachnida

Trombidiformes

Tarsonemidae

unclassified

nan

nan

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (266 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
YBIVV2640-23 BOLD:AFM7575 COI-5P 653 Canada 2023-06-26 64.715, -138.376
YBIVV2572-23 BOLD:AFM7576 COI-5P 653 Canada 2023-06-26 64.715, -138.376
SWSML173-15 BOLD:ACZ6727 COI-5P 591 Canada 2015-08-04 44.89059, -79.75138
SWPTP600-15 BOLD:ACY5599 COI-5P 588 Canada 2015-07-06 41.92573, -82.50842
SWPTP599-15 BOLD:ACL5691 COI-5P 588 Canada 2015-07-06 41.92573, -82.50842
SWPTP596-15 BOLD:ACL5691 COI-5P 564 Canada 2015-07-06 41.92573, -82.50842
SWOJP246-15 BOLD:ACZ0034 COI-5P 658 Canada 2015-07-07 42.26178, -83.06613
SWOJP222-15 BOLD:ACY9682 COI-5P 609 Canada 2015-07-07 42.26178, -83.06613
SWLNP458-15 BOLD:ACZ6800 COI-5P 636 Canada 2015-07-14 42.58443, -80.3882
SWLNP331-15 BOLD:ACZ4882 COI-5P 658 Canada 2015-07-14 42.58147, -80.38577
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