Tags: Arachnid.
Tarsonemidae is a family of mites also called thread-footed mites or white mites.Only a limited number of tarsonemid genera (Steneotarsonemus Polyphagotarsonemus Phytonemus Floridotarsonemus and Tarsonemus) are known to feed on higher plants while most species in this family feed on the thin-walled mycelia of fungi or possibly algal bodies. Even among the plant-feeding tarsonemid mites most are confined to areas of new growth where cell walls are thin and therefore easily pierced.
