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Mites with small size (0.2 to 0.5 mm). They form large colonies but without economic importance.
Occasionally, tydeids can cause minor damage (hardening and flaking of the areas where mites area aggregated).
Lorryia formosa
(Tydeids)
Saprophagous
Pentagonal and
yellowish white body
The mites frequently show
a longitudinal dorsal line.