Trombidium Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Trombidiidae
Genus:	Trombidium Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Atomus Metathrombium Thrombidium Sericothrombium Trombidion Teresothrombium Holothrombium

Trombidium is a genus of mite with about 30 described species.

Species

• Trombidium auroraense Vercammen-Grandjean, Van Driesche & Gyrisco, 1977 – New York
• Trombidium breei Southcott, 1986 – Europe (host: Agapetes galathea, Lepidoptera)
• Trombidium brevimanum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe
• Trombidium cancelai (Robaux, 1967) – Spain
• Trombidium carpaticum (Feider, 1950) – France, Romania
• † Trombidium clavipes Koch & Berendt, 1854 – Fossil: Oligocene
• Trombidium dacicum (Feider, 1950) – Poland, Romania
• Trombidium daunium (Paoli, 1937) – Italy
• Trombidium fturum Schweizer, 1951 – Spain, Switzerland
• Trombidium fuornum Schweizer, 1951 – Poland, Switzerland, France
• Trombidium geniculatum (Feider, 1955) – Spain, Romania, Poland, Norway
• Trombidium grandissimum (Koch, 1867) - India
• Trombidium heterotrichum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe
• Trombidium holosericeum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Palaearctic
• Trombidium hungaricum Kobulej, 1957 – Hungary
• Trombidium hyperi Vercammen-Grandjean, Van Driesche & Gyrisco, 1977 – New York
• Trombidium kneissli (Krausse, 1915) – Europe
• Trombidium latum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe
• Trombidium mastigotarsum (Feider, 1956) – Romania
• Trombidium mediterraneum (Berlese, 1910) – Europe, Algeria
• Trombidium meyeri (Krausse, 1916) – Europe
• Trombidium monoeciportuense (André, 1928) – Czech Republic, Monaco
• Trombidium neumeyeri (Krausse, 1916) – Japan
• Trombidium parasiticus (de Geer, 1778) – Sweden
• Trombidium poriceps (Oudemans, 1904) – Europe
• Trombidium pygiacum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Germany, Romania
• Trombidium raeticum Schweizer & Bader, 1963 – Switzerland
• Trombidium rhopalicus (Vercammen-Grandjean & Popp, 1967) – Germany
• Trombidium rimosum C. L. Koch, 1837 – Europe
• Trombidium rowmundi Haitlinger, 1996 – Poland (uses spiders as host)
• Trombidium semilunare Feider, 1955 – Romania
• Trombidium southcotti Zhang & Saboori, 1996 – Iran
• Trombidium susteri (Feider, 1956) – Germany, Romania
• Trombidium teres (André, 1928) – France
• Trombidium toldti (Methlagl, 1928) – Austria

Dry Trombidium in Chhattisgarh Market for preparation of Traditional Medicine

References

• Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World: Trombidiidae

Further reading

• Alireza Saboori & Karim Haddad Irani-Nejad (2007). "A new species of Trombidium (Acari: Trombidiidae) from East Azarbaijan province, Iran" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 1531: 63–68.