Image from Water Mites of North America.

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  Subfamily Axonopsinae

Genus Brachypoda

    Species B. cornipes
    Species B. pilositarsa
    Species B. setosicaudata

Taxon Information

The Genus Brachypoda has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Brachypoda, [North America] (Smith et al., 2010).
• Brachypoda, "One species known from [North America]. Distr.: N.A., Eu., As." (Newell, 1959).

Bibliography

• Smith, I.M., D.R. Cook & B.P. Smith. 2010. Water mites (Hydrachnidiae) and other arachnids. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 485-586.
• Newell, I.M. 1959. Acari. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1080-1116.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Water Mites of North America