Eriophyidae {family} - Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes;

Eriophyidae is a family of more than 200 genera of mites, which live as plant parasites, commonly causing galls or other damage to the plant tissues and hence known as gall mites. About 3,600 species have been described, but this is probably less than 10% of the actual number existing in this poorly researched family. They are microscopic mites and are yellow to pinkish white to purplish in color. The mites are worm like, and have only two pairs of legs. Their primary method of population spread is by wind. They affect a wide range of plants, and several are major pest species causing substantial economic damage to crops. Some species, however, are used as biological agents to control weeds and invasive plant species. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records:	4,884	Public Records:	3,704
Specimens with Sequences:	4,352	Public Species:	486
Specimens with Barcodes:	3,306	Public BINs:	620
Species:	513
Species With Barcodes:	494
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China 1662 Laos 15 Pakistan 1 Canada 675 India 6 Austria 1 United States 43 South Africa 5 Serbia 1 Malaysia 17 Argentina 3 Germany 1