Brachioppiella

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of Brachioppiella periculosa, from Balogh & Balogh (1992 vol. 2).

Belongs within: Oppiidae.

Brachioppiella is a genus of oppiid oribatid mites found in tropical parts of the world, as well as in the Australian region (Subías 2004).

Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Prodorsum with costulae, lamellar and translamellar lines absent. Notogaster without protruding humeral processes; crista absent; with nine pairs of setae. Genital plates with four or five pairs of setae; setae ad1 postanal; fissure iad inverse apoanal.

<==Brachioppiella Hammer 1962 S04
    |--B. (Brachioppiella) [incl. Ugandoppia Mahunka 1988] S04
    |    |--*B. (B.) periculosa Hammer 1962 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) bifurcata (Mahunka 1998) [=Ugandoppia bifurcata] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) biseriata (Balogh & Mahunka 1975) [=Oppia biseriata] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) hannecarti Balogh & Balogh 1983 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) higginsi (Hammer 1968) [=Brachioppia higginsi] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) nasalis (Evans 1953) [=Oppia nasalis] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) paranasalis Lee & Subías 1991 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) rajskii Hammer 1968 S04
    |    |--B. (B.) ramosa (Karppinen 1966) [=Oppia ramosa] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) tenuicoma (Hammer 1958) [=Oppia tenuicoma] S04
    |    |--B. (B.) triramosa Hammer 1962 S04
    |    `--B. (B.) walkeri (Hammer 1968) [=Brachioppia walkeri] S04
    `--B. (Gressittoppia Balogh 1983) [incl. Jermyia Mahunka 2002] S04
         |--B. (*G.) moresonensis (Hammer 1967) [=Brachioppia moresonensis] S04
         |--B. (G.) baderi (Hammer 1968) [=Oppia baderi] S04
         |--B. (G.) corallifera (Mahunka 1985) [=Oppia corallifera] S04
         |--B. (G.) hartensteini (Hammer 1968) [=Brachioppia hartensteini] S04
         |--B. (G.) magna Lee & Subías 1991 S04
         |--B. (G.) minima Lee & Subías 1991 S04
         |--B. (G.) orkneyensis (Kok 1967) [=Brachioppia orkneyensis] S04
         |--B. (G.) pepitensis (Hammer 1962) [=Oppia pepitensis] s04
         |    |--B. p. pepitensis S04
         |    `--B. p. brevipectinata (Covarrubias 1968) [=Oppia pepitensis brevipectinata] S04
         |--B. (G.) pocsi (Mahunka 2002) [=Gressittoppia pocsi] S04
         |--B. (G.) pseudohigginsi Lee & Subías 1991 S04
         |--B. (G.) sensilla (Mahunka 2002) [=Jermyia sensilla] S04
         `--B. (G.) usheri (Balogh 1988) [=Solenoppia usheri] S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.

[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.