Laelaspis

Dorsum of Laelaspis myrmicae, from Hirschmann et al. (1969).

Belongs within: Laelapidae.

Laelaspis is a genus of laelapid mites found in ant nests, characterised by long, whip-like or serrated setae (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Apotele with two tines; setae of holodorsal shield long, whip-like or marginal setae serrated; opisthogenital shield markedly inflated posterior to coxae IV, abutting anal shield and flanked by linear metapodal shields.

<==Laelaspis Berlese 1904 FH93
    |--*L. astronomicus (Koch 1839) ET79 [=Iphis astronomicus ET79, Laelaps (Laelaspis) astronomicus S22]
    |--L. aequitans (Michael 1891) [=Laelaps aequitans] FH93
    |--L. bakeri Hunter & Davis 1962 FH93
    |--L. brevichelis Hunter 1964 FH93
    |--L. brevipilis Hunter 1961 FH93
    |--L. dubitata Hunter 1964 FH93
    |--L. heselhausi (Oudemans 1912) [=Hypoaspis heselhausi] FH93
    |--L. humeratus Berl. 1903 S61
    |--L. longipilis Hunter 1964 FH93
    |--L. lundi Hunter 1961 FH93
    |--L. mandibularis (Ewing 1909) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |--L. moseri (Hunter & Glover 1968) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) moseri] FH93
    |--L. mumai (Hunter & Glover 1968) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) mumai] FH93
    |--L. myrmicae (Greim 1952) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) myrmicae] HB69
    |--L. pauli (Hunter & Davis 1962) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) pauli] FH93
    |--L. picketti (Hunter & Glover 1968) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) picketti] FH93
    |--L. piloscutuli Hunter 1961 FH93
    |--L. regalis Berlese 1920 FH93
    `--L. variopilus (Greim 1952) [=Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) variopilus] HB69

Laelaspis mandibularis (Ewing 1909) [=Laelaps mandibularis; incl. Hypoaspis (Laelaspis) johnieae Hunter & Glover 1968] FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[HB69] Hirschmann, W., F. Bernhard, E. Greim & H. Götz. 1969. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 75. Zwanzig neue Hypoaspis-Arten. Acarologie: Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 12: 133–141.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

Cosmolaelaps

Dorsal view of female Cosmolaelaps vacuus, from Bee Mite ID.

Belongs within: Laelapidae.

Cosmolaelaps is a genus of laelapid mites found in the nests of ants, characterised by spatulate, cuneiform or scimitar-like dorsal setae (Evans & Till 1979).

<==Cosmolaelaps Berlese 1903 H98 [incl. Davisiella Zumpt & Patterson 1951 non Petr. 1924 (ICBN) FH93]
    |--*C. claviger (Berlese 1883) ET79 [=Laelaps claviger ET79, Hypoaspis (*Cosmolaelaps) claviger S61]
    |--C. anserinus (Karg 1981) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) anserinus] FH93
    |--C. brevipedestrus (Karg 1985) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) brevipedestra] FH93
    |--C. carvalhoi WK90
    |--C. communis Trägårdh 1931 T31
    |--C. cubaensis (Karg 1981) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) cubaensis] FH93
    |--C. cuneifer (Mich. 1891) S61 (see below for synonymy)
    |--C. cursorius (Karg 1988) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) cursoria] FH93
    |--C. diversichaetatus Grokhovskaya & Nguen-Huan-Hoe 1961 FH93
    |--C. lepauris (Karg 1981) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) lepauris] FH93
    |--C. macroanalis (Bernhard 1955) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) macroanalis] HB69
    |--C. macrochaetus (Karg 1988) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) macrochaeta] FH93
    |--C. mahuncai (Karg 1988) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) mahuncai] FH93
    |--C. multisetosus Domrow 1957 H98
    |--C. musculinus (Karg 1988) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) musculina] FH93
    |--C. nasosetus (Karg 1981) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) nasoseta] FH93
    |--C. ornatus Berlese 1903 S61 [=Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps) ornatus S22]
    |--C. pumili (Karg 1988) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) pumili] FH93
    |--C. rectangularis WO89
    |--C. simplex Berlese 1920 H98
    |--C. trifidus (Pearse & Wharton in Pearse, Patterson & Wharton 1936) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |--C. ungeri (Karg 1985) [=Hypoaspis (Cosmolaelaps) ungeri] FH93
    |--C. vacuus (Michael 1891) FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    `--C. weeversi WK90

Cosmolaelaps cuneifer (Mich. 1891) S61 [=Laelaps (Cosmolaelaps) cuneifer S22; incl. L. (C.) cuneifer var. americanus Berlese 1904 FH93]

Cosmolaelaps trifidus (Pearse & Wharton in Pearse, Patterson & Wharton 1936) [=Seiodes trifidus; incl. C. passali Hunter & Mollin 1964] FH93

Cosmolaelaps vacuus (Michael 1891) FH93 [=Laelaps vacua FH93; incl. L. (Cosmolaelaps) vacuus var. ensiger S22, Hypoaspis (C.) serratosimilis Hirschmann, Bernhard et al. 1969 FH93, HB69]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[HB69] Hirschmann, W., F. Bernhard, E. Greim & H. Götz. 1969. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 75. Zwanzig neue Hypoaspis-Arten. Acarologie: Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 12: 133–141.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[T31] Trägårdh, I. 1931. Acarina from the Juan Fernandez Islands. Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Islands 3 (4): 553–628.

[WK90] Walter, D. E., & D. T. Kaplan. 1990. Antagonists of plant-parasitic nematodes in Florida citrus. Journal of Nematology 22 (4): 567–573.

[WO89] Walter, D. E., & J. H. Oliver Jr. 1989. Geolaelaps oreithyiae, n. sp. (Acari: Laelapidae), a thelytokous predator of arthropods and nematodes, and a discussion of clonal reproduction in the Mesostigmata. Acarologia 30 (4): 293–303.

Pseudoparasitus

Pseudoparasitus centralis, copyright Matthew Shepherd.

Belongs within: Laelapidae.

Pseudoparasitus is a genus of laelapid mites found free-living in soil and litter (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Palp apotele three-tined, posterior tine small. Chelicerae of male chelate-dentate, spermatodactyl free. Female with large opisthogenital shield bearing four or more pairs of ventral setae of which two pairs are widely removed from the lateral margins of the shield; anal shield free; metasternal setae not situated on sternal shield.

<==Pseudoparasitus Oudemans 1902 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--*P. meridionalis (Canestrini 1882) [=Laelaps meridionalis] ET79
    |--P. alpinus Schweizer 1961 S61
    |--P. annectans (Womersley 1955) H98 [=Gymnolaelaps annectans H98; incl. Hypoaspis nidicorva Evans & Till 1966 FH93]
    |--P. astriatus Hunter 1966 FH93
    |--P. australicus (Womersley 1956) [=Gymnolaelaps australicus] H98
    |--P. austriacus W88
    |--P. camini (Domrow 1957) [=Austrogamasellus camini] H98
    |--P. centralis ET79
    |--P. dentatus (Halbert 1920) M96
    |--P. domrowi Hunter 1966 FH93
    |--P. ennsi Hunter 1966 FH93
    |--P. gracilipes (Banks 1916) [=Cyrtolaelaps gracilipes, Austrogamasus gracilipes] H98
    |--P. margopilus Hunter 1966 FH93
    |--P. ovulum Berlese 1920 FH93
    |--P. placentulus K91
    |--P. planus (Womersley 1956) [=Gymnolaelaps planus] H98
    |--P. porulatus Karg 1989 FH93
    |--P. quadrisetatus Karg 1981 FH93
    |--P. schusteri Hirschmann 1966 H66
    |--P. stigmatus (Fox 1946) [=Mysolaelaps stigmatus] FH93
    |--P. thatcheri Hunter & Moser 1968 FH93
    |--P. trincisus Hunter 1966 FH93
    `--P. vitzthumi (Womersley 1956) [=Gymnolaelaps vitzthumi, Laelaspis vitzthumi] H98

Pseudoparasitus Oudemans 1902 FH93 [incl. Austrogamasellus Domrow 1957 FH93, Austrogamasus Womersley 1942 H98, Hoplolaelaps Berlese 1910 FH93, Laelapsoides Willmann 1952 FH93]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H66] Hirschmann, W. 1966. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 15. Gänge von Litoralmilben und neue Litoralmilbenarten. Acarologie: Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 9: 25–44.

[K91] Kohn, M. 1991. Influence of the refuse dump biotopes on ecology of some gamasoid mites and ticks. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 199–204. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[M96] Munderloh, E. 1996. Gamasina (Mesostigmata) in a dune transect at Spiekeroog (Germany, Lower Saxony). In: Mitchell, R., D. J. Horn, G. R. Needham & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 1. Proceedings pp. 589–594. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[W88] Walter, D. E. 1988. Nematophagy by soil arthropods from the shortgrass steppe, Chihuahuan desert and Rocky Mountains of the central United States. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 24: 307–316.

Trichocylliba

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of male Trichocylliba, from Ohio State University.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Trichocylliba is a genus of uropodoid mites associated with roaming ants as adults and exhibiting a number of specialisations for attaching to their hosts (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Dorsum covered by a single shield, idiosoma without a defined marginal shield; forked pilus dentilis absent; levator tendon of movable finger of chelicera with sclerotised node; palpfemur with five setae; intercoxal region bearing five pairs of setae; pedofossae present; femur I with nine setae; genu I with a pair of ventral setae; genua III and IV without ventral setae.

<==Trichocylliba Berlese 1904 LKW09, FH93 [=Thrichocylliba FH93; incl. Panamatrichocylliba Hirschmann 1979 FH93; Planodiscini]
    |--*T. (Trichocylliba) comata (Leonardi 1895) ET79 [=Discopoma comata FH93]
    |--T. (Circocylliba Sellnick 1926) FH93
    |    `--T. (C.) krantzi Hirschmann 1975 LKW09, FH93
    |--T. (Coxequesoma Sellnick 1926) FH93
    |    `--T. (C.) panamaensis Hirschmann 1975 LKW09, FH93
    `--T. (Planodiscus Sellnick 1926) FH93
         |--T. (*P.) squamata (Sellnick 1926) LKW09, ER66 [=*Planodiscus squamatim ER66, P. squamatum ER66]
         `--T. (P.) burchelli (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1966) FH93, ER66 [=Planodiscus burchelli FH93]

Trichocylliba incertae sedis:
  T. ablesi Hirschmann 1973 FH93
  T. chiapensis Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. crinita (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba crinita] FH93
  T. ecitonis (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba ecitonis] FH93
  T. elongata (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus elongatus] FH93
  T. elzingai Hirschmannn 1973 FH93
  T. foreli (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus foreli] FH93
  T. hamata (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus hamatus] FH93
  T. hirsuta (Banks 1902) [=Discopoma hirsuta] FH93
  T. hirticoma (Berlese 1903) [=Discopoma hirticoma] FH93
  T. minuta (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba minuta] FH93
  T. oligochaeta (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba oligochaeta] FH93
  T. praedator Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. schneirlai Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. umbocauda (Elzinga 1982) [=Coxequesoma umbocauda] FH93
  T. watkinsi Elzinga 1982 FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ER66] Elzinga, R. J., & C. W. Rettenmeyer. 1966. A neotype and new species of Planodiscus (Acarina: Uropodina) found on doryline ants. Acarologia 8 (2): 191–199.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

Discourella

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of female Discourella modesta, from Bal & Özkan (2003).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Discourella is a genus of uropodoid mites with short corniculi, no pedofossae, and females with an epigynial shield extending to the anterior margin of the sternal shield.

<==Discourella Berlese 1910 FH93
    |--D. foraminosa Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. hirschmanni Hiramatsu 1983 H98
    |--D. illustris Hiramatsu 1983 FH93
    |--D. lindquisti Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. longipilosa Hiramatsu 1980 FH93
    |--D. mexicana Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. modesta (Leonardi 1899) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |--D. modestasimilis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. porosa VKC07
    |--D. sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
    `--D. torpida Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93

Discourella modesta (Leonardi 1899) [=Celaeno modesta; incl. Trachyuropoda (Ianetiella) bella Berlese 1905, Discourella discopomoides Berlese 1910, Trichodinychura eucoma Willmann 1951, Discopoma puella Berlese 1910] FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Oplitis

Venter of female Oplitis aktius, from Lindquist et al. (2009).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Oplitis is a genus of relatively small, weakly sclerotised uropodoid mites that are mostly found in association with ants.

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Weakly sculptured species typically with well-defined perigenital field; dorsal shield not divided; cheliceral shaft lacking sclerotised spoon-like process above dorsal seta, levator tendon of movable finger with sclerotised node; forked pilus dentilis present; pedofossae present; femur I with eight setae; genu I with pair of ventral setae.

<==Oplitis Berlese 1884 ET79 [incl. Urodiscella Berlese 1903 ET79, Uroplitella Berlese 1903 FH93]
    |--*O. paradoxa (Canestrini & Berlese 1884) ET79 (see below for synonymy)
    |--O. acinaca LKW09
    |--O. aktius Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. alienorum Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. anisus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. apicata (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda apicata] H98
    |--O. arboricavi Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. attaae Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--O. belizensis VKC07
    |--O. blufftonensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. carteretensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. castrisimilis Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 VKC07
    |--O. cheleuta Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. circularis (Miller 1925) [=Uroplitella circularis] FH93
    |--O. communis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. comparata (Banks 1916) [=Uroplitella comparata] H98
    |--O. dakotensis McDaniel & Bolen 1980 FH93
    |--O. delicta Fox 1957 FH93
    |--O. dictyoeides Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 FH93
    |--O. disparata (Banks 1916) [=Uroplitella disparata] H98
    |--O. exopodi Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. exsectoidesorum Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. fraterna (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda fraterna] H98
    |--O. garibaldii Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. granulatus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. internata (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda internata] H98
    |--O. litoralis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. macclellani Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. margaritaensis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--O. meliponarum (Turk 1948) [=Uroplitana meliponarum] FH93
    |--O. moseri Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--O. nitida (Womersley 1959) [=Urodiscella nitida] H98
    |--O. peckisimilis VKC07
    |--O. pennsylvanica (Berlese 1903) [=Uroplitella pennsylvanica] FH93
    |--O. piedmontensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--‘Uropoda’ ricasoliana Berl. 1889 [=*Urodiscella ricasoliana] E57
    |--O. sarcinulus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. termitophila LKW09
    |--O. testigosensis (Sellnick 1963) [=Cariboplitis testigosensis] FH93
    |--O. trachymyrmecon Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. uncinata Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 VKC07
    `--O. virgilinus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93

*Oplitis paradoxa (Canestrini & Berlese 1884) ET79 [=Uropoda paradoxa FH93, Uroplitella paradoxa S22; incl. Uropoda paradoxoides Oudemans 1903 FH93]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Nenteria

Nenteria sp., ventral view, from Quiroz Ibáñez (2016).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Nenteria is a genus of uropodoid mites commonly found in manure or compost (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Fixed digit of chelicera extending well beyond tip of movable digit, levator tendon of movable digit with a sclerotised node; dorsal shield not divided; pedofossae present; genu I lacking paired ventral setae.

<==Nenteria Oudemans 1915 FH93
    |--*N. tropica (Oudemans 1905) [=Uropoda tropica] ET79
    |--N. australiensis Hirschmann & Hiramatsu 1978 H98
    |--N. breviungulata (Willm. 1949) MS91
    |--N. diademata (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda diademata] FH93
    |--N. fici Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--N. guatemalae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. lindquisti Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--N. mesoamericana Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. plumata Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. ritzemai (Oudemans 1904) [=Uropoda ritzemai] FH93
    |--N. stammeri EU03
    `--N. stylifera EU03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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