The cyclamen mite (Phytonemus pallidus) is a tiny mite often found as a pest on African violets and cyclamen plants.

It is invisible to the naked eye, measuring only 0.02 cm (0.01 inch) at maturity.

It requires a warm, humid environment, and is therefore problematic primarily in greenhouses.

The World Genera of Tarsonemidae (Acarina: Heterostigmata): A morphological, phylogenetic and systematic revision with a reclassification of family-group taxa in the Heterostigmata.

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