Anystidae

plural noun

Anys·​ti·​dae

əˈnistəˌdē

: a family of predatory mites having no median groove in the cephalothorax and the last joint of the first pair of legs not swollen though usually long

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Anystis, type genus (of uncertain origin) + -idae -idae

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