Tydeidae

Tydeidae
Temporal range:
"Yellow mite", Lorryia formosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborder: Prostigmata
Superfamily: Tydeoidea
Family: Tydeidae
Kramer, 1877
Subfamilies
  • Australotydeinae
  • Pretydeinae
  • Tydeinae
Diversity
30 genera, >320 species

Tydeidae is a family of acariform mites. As of 2016, it contained over 300 species in three subfamilies, though more species have been discovered since then.

These mites live in a wide range of habitats and there are predatory, fungivorous and scavenging species.