Steneotarsonemus

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Steneotarsonemus
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Steneotarsonemus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Tarsonemidae
Subfamily: Tarsoneminae
Tribe: Steneotarsonemini
Genus: Steneotarsonemus
Beer, 1954 [1]
Species

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Steneotarsonemus is a genus of plant-feeding mites.

Taxonomy

Selected species (35) include;

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