Tetranychoidea
A superfamily in the suborder Prostigmata, containing about 1600 plant feeding species, of which a number are serious plant pests. Most species reproduce by arrhenotoky and a few are thelytokous. They are characterized by long, needle-like chelicerae that are basally fused. The superfamily contains the families Tetranychidae (in which are members that produce silk or webbing), Tenuipalpidae, Tuckerellidae, Linotetranidae and Allochaetophoridae.
References
Jeppson, L.R., Keifer, H.H. and Baker, E.W. 1975. Mites Injurious to Economic Plants. University of California, Berkeley, 614p.
Smith Meyer, M.K.P. and Ueckermann E.A. 1997. A review of some species of the families Allochaetophoridae, Linotetranidae and Tuckerellidae (Acari : Tetranychoidea). International Journal of Acarology 23: 67-92.
Zeity, M. and Srinivasa, N. 2019.Updated contribution to the knowledge of Tetranychoidea (Acari: Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae) from Syria with reinstatement of genus Nuciforaella Vacante. Systematic and Applied Acarology 24L 529-543.
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