Midd: Suctobelbidae. Midd: Suctobelbata truncicola.
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The family Suctobelbidae has a worldwide distribution. The mites of this family are parthenogenetic, which means that only females are present, and they are produced from unfertilized eggs.

Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938
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The species is Palearctic, silvicolous (forest-living) and found under tree bark of dead wood. It is rare. It was first recorded in Norway in 2019. Suctobelbata truncicola is the only representative of the genus Suctobelbata known in Norway. The reproduction is parthenogenetic, only females are present and they are produced from unfertilized eggs.

Suctobelbata truncicola (Forsslund, 1941)
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Kart. Utbredelse i Norge.