Cyta (mite) explained

Cyta is a genus of snout mites in the family Bdellidae. There are about 15 described species in Cyta.^[1]

Species

• Cyta americana Banks, 1902
• Cyta brevipalpa Ewing, 1909
• Cyta coerulipes (Dugès, 1834)
• Cyta flava Mihelcic, 1958
• Cyta grandjeani Gomelauri, 1963
• Cyta ignea (Tseng, 1978)
• Cyta kauaiensis Swift & Goff, 1987
• Cyta latirostris (Hermann, 1804)
• Cyta longiseta Wallace & Mahon, 1972
• Cyta magdalenae Den Heyer, 1981
• Cyta murrayi Den Heyer, 1981
• Cyta quadrisetosus Den Heyer, 1981
• Cyta reticulata Soliman & Zaher, 1975
• Cyta spuria Atyeo, 1960
• Cyta troglodyta Hernandes, Bernardi & Ferreira, 2011

Further reading

• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Book: Jackman . John A.. 2002. A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas. Gulf Publishing.
• Fisher . J.. Skvarla . M.. Bauchan . G.. Ochoa . R.. Dowling . A.. 2011. Trachymolgus purpureus sp. n., an armored snout mite (Acari, Bdellidae) from the Ozark highlands: morphology, development, and key to Trachymolgus Berlese. ZooKeys. 125 . 1–34. 10.3897/zookeys.125.1875. 21998535. 3185366. free.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Browse Cyta. Catalogue of Life. 2018-02-23.