Английская Википедия:Cochlodispus minimus

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Cochlodispus minimus is a species of mite from the family Microdispidae, formally described by Sándor Mahunka in 1976.[1] One adult individual was measured with a body length of 79 μm (0.079 mm), making it the smallest known mite species.[2] It was originally described from Ethiopia, along with cogeners C. africanus and C. fimbrisetus, and inhabits soil and litter.[3]

Taxonomy

The Microdispidae are the least diverse family of pygmephoroid mites, with 20 described genera and about 120 species.[4] Most members of this family are fungivores, although some may be parasitoids of insects.[4] Cochlodispus minimus is one of 11 species currently described from the genus Cochlodispus.[3] It can be distinguished within its genus by the absence of barbs on setae ps2 (a characteristic shared only with C. zanzibariensis) and by the absence of barbs on setae f and on the setae of the anterior sternal plate (both distinctly barbed in C. zanzibariensis).[3]

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