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Bulb scale mite

Steneotarsonemus laticeps (Halbert, 1923)

Status not recordedarachnids

The bulb scale mite (Steneotarsonemus laticeps) is a species in the family Tarsonemidae, order Trombidiformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Denmark.

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Quick facts about the bulb scale mite

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the bulb scale mite live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bulb scale mite is listed for 1 country.

Denmark
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Denmark

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the bulb scale mite endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bulb scale mite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderTrombidiformes
  5. familyTarsonemidae
  6. genusSteneotarsonemus
  7. SpeciesSteneotarsonemus laticeps (Halbert, 1923)

Synonyms Tarsonemus hydrocephalus, Tarsonemus laticeps

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • roztočík cibulovýCzech
  • NarcisglasmideDanish
  • NarcismijtDutch
  • narcisskvalsterSwedish
  • Yumru KabukluakarıTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bulb scale mite

Other species in the same genus Steneotarsonemus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the bulb scale mite live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bulb scale mite for 1 country: Denmark. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the bulb scale mite?

The bulb scale mite (Steneotarsonemus laticeps) belongs to the family Tarsonemidae in the order Trombidiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bulb scale mite (Steneotarsonemus laticeps). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-scale-mite

MLA

“Bulb scale mite (Steneotarsonemus laticeps).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-scale-mite.

BibTeX
@misc{bulb_scale_mite_2026,
  title = {Bulb scale mite (Steneotarsonemus laticeps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bulb-scale-mite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}