Long-legged Velvet Mite (Erythraeidae sp)

About Long-legged Velvet Mite (Erythraeidae sp)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Arachnids
• Order: Trombidiform Mite
• Family: Long-legged Velvet Mites

Erythraeidae is a family of mites belonging to the Trombidiformes. Larval forms of these mites are parasitic on various other arthropods, for example harvestmen, but the adults are free-living predators. These oval mites are rather large, usually reddish-coloured and densely hairy. The legs, especially the first and fourth pairs, are long and adapted for running. They have either one or two pairs of eyes and can be distinguished from related families microscopically by the presence of a single claw on the tibia of the palp.