Parasitidae are relatively large mites, color yellowish to brown. Individual species usually having a narrower range of prey.
Genus Parasitellus is associated with bumblebees, Poecilochirus on Nicrophorus (burying beetles).
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Suborder: Parasitina
Superfamily: Parasitoidea
Family: Parasitidae