Dampfiellidae

Dorsum, venter and leg I of Dampfiella cejansis, from Norton & Behan-Pelletier (2009).

Belongs within: Circumdehiscentiae.

The Dampfiellidae are a pantropical group of oribatid mites that are diverse in lowland rain forests (Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009).

Characters (from Norton & Behan-Pelletier 2009): Length 600–1400 µm. Prodorsum with costulae; porelike alveolar vestige of second exobothridial seta present. Notogaster narrow, about twice as long as wide, with strong depression laterally between setae c and la. Genital plates with three or four pairs of setae. Tarsi and tibiae functionally fused, moving as single segment.

<==Dampfiellidae S04
    |--Dampfiella Sellnick 1931 S04
    |    |--*D. procera Sellnick 1931 S04
    |    |--D. ambigua Pérez-Íñigo 1976 S04
    |    |--D. angusta Hammer 1979 S04
    |    |--D. dubia Hammer 1971 S04
    |    |--D. euaensis Hammer 1973 S04
    |    |--D. foliata Mahunka 1974 S04
    |    |--D. jandai Starý 1993 S04
    |    |--D. kinabalu Mahunka 2000 S04
    |    |--D. luzonica Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    |--D. mahunkai Starý 1993 S04
    |    |--D. nebulosa Mahunka 2000 S04
    |    |--D. ovalis Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    |--D. papuana Balogh & Balogh 1986 S04
    |    |--D. paratina (Mahunka 1983) [=Beckiella paratina] S04
    |    |--D. peseki Starý 1993 S04
    |    |--D. philippica Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    |--D. prostata Aoki 1965 S04
    |    |--D. putinglupa Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    |--D. sepilok Mahunka 2000 S04
    |    |--D. setosa Mahunka 1984 S04
    |    |--D. similis Hammer 1971 S04
    |    |--D. similoides Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    |--D. tupi Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1989 S04
    |    |--D. vanalinearis Corpuz-Raros 1997 S04
    |    `--D. zellwegeri Mahunka 1997 S04
    `--Beckiella Grandjean 1964 S04
         |--*B. cejansis (Beck 1962) [=Dampfiella cejansis] S04
         |--B. acuta Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. africana (Balogh 1958) [=Dampfiella africana] S04
         |--B. arcta Pérez-Íñigo & Baggio 1986 S04
         |--B. bloszyki Starý 1989 S04
         |--B. borhidii Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. bucephala Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. capitulum Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. carinata (Beck 1962) [=Dampfiella carinata] S04
         |--B. clavata Mahunka 1988 S04
         |--B. cubana Starý 1989 S04
         |--B. deficiens Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. discoidalis Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. duplicata Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. elongata Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
         |--B. foveolata Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
         |--B. fratercula Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. garciai Balogh & Mahunka 1979 S04
         |--B. inca Starý 1992 S04
         |--B. interlamellaris Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. irmayi Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
         |--B. lamellata Balogh & Mahunka 1969 S04
         |--B. latirostris Starý 1992 S04
         |--B. microseta Balogh & Mahunka 1979 S04
         |--B. opposita Mahunka 1982 S04
         |--B. recta Balogh & Mahunka 1978 S04
         |--B. reticulofemorata Balogh & Mahunka 1979 S04
         |--B. sellnicki (Hammer 1961) [=Dampfiella sellnicki] S04
         |--B. silvai Balogh & Mahunka 1979 S04
         |--B. synlamellata Balogh & Mahunka 1974 S04
         `--B. vitiosa Mahunka 1985 S04

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Norton, R. A., & V. M. Behan-Pelletier. 2009. Suborder Oribatida. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3rd ed. pp. 430–564. Texas Tech University Press.

[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.