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Pelzneria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Acaridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Sarcoptiformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Histiostomatidae, Poecilochirus, Histiostoma, Parasitidae, Astigmatina

Pelzneria is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae. Species of Pelzneria are most often associated with small vertebrate carrion, and most species are phoretic on silphid beetles of the genus Nicrophorus.

Species

  • Pelzneria afluctuosa Mahunka, 1978
  • Pelzneria crenulatus (Oudemans, 1909)
  • Pelzneria meyerae Mahunka, 1979
  • References

    Pelzneria Wikipedia