The Histiostomatidae is a subgroup of the astigmatid mites and branches basically in a phylogenetic tree of the Astigmata (OConnor, 1981). These mites are characterized by a very small size (about 600-900µm in lenghth) and a close association to arthropodes, mainly insects. A morphologically specialized instar, the deutonymph (earlier "hypopus"), is adapted to attach e.g. insects for a phoretic transport from one habitat to another.

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  • The Histiostomatidae is a subgroup of the astigmatid mites and branches basically in a phylogenetic tree of the Astigmata (OConnor, 1981). These mites are characterized by a very small size (about 600-900µm in lenghth) and a close association to arthropodes, mainly insects. A morphologically specialized instar, the deutonymph (earlier "hypopus"), is adapted to attach e.g. insects for a phoretic transport from one habitat to another. The mites use different insect groups as phoretic carriers such as Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera. In all species, the digitus mobilis of the chelicera is reduced to small rests, and the distal pedipalp article is connected to a more or less complexe membranous structure. These mouthpart modifications form an organ to feed bacteria. Interesting habitats are colonized by the mites such as animal dung, compost, waterfilled treeholes and the fluids of Nepenthes and Sarracenia - pitcher plants.
  • Die Histiostomatidae sind eine Teilgruppe der Milben aus der Unterordnung der Astigmata und bilden hier eine monophyletische Gruppe.
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  • Histiostomatidae
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  • OConnor, 1981
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  • Ventral view of ''Sarraceniopus gibsoni'', the pitcher plant mite, which is found within the pitcher leaves of ''Sarracenia purpurea''
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  • Many, see text
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  • The Histiostomatidae is a subgroup of the astigmatid mites and branches basically in a phylogenetic tree of the Astigmata (OConnor, 1981). These mites are characterized by a very small size (about 600-900µm in lenghth) and a close association to arthropodes, mainly insects. A morphologically specialized instar, the deutonymph (earlier "hypopus"), is adapted to attach e.g. insects for a phoretic transport from one habitat to another.
  • Die Histiostomatidae sind eine Teilgruppe der Milben aus der Unterordnung der Astigmata und bilden hier eine monophyletische Gruppe.
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  • Histiostomatidae
  • Histiostomatidae
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