Diplogyniidae is a family of

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

s belonging to the order

Mesostigmata Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They ca ...

. Many are parasites on

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s but some live on larger animals (e.g.,

rat Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include '' Neotoma'' (pack rats), '' Bandicota'' (bandicoo ...

s).

Taxonomy

This is a list of the described species. The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. * '' Bilongicauda'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Bilongicauda brevis'' Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified

;

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

** '' Bilongicauda gigantica'' Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Congo:

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** '' Bilongicauda microseta'' Elsen, 1981 — host '' Didimus aloysi sabandiae'' (

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

Passalidae Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles", "betsy bugs", or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their siz ...

); Congo Kinshasa ** '' Bilongicauda modesta'' Elsen, 1981 — host '' Pentalobus barbatus'' (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Congo Kinshasa ** '' Bilongicauda triseta'' Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Congo Kinshasa * '' Bingervillia'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Bingervillia hirsuta'' P. Elsen, 1981 * '' Burgeonium'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Burgeonium latipecten'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Burgeonium megabasis'' Elsen, 1981 — host '' Pentalobus simia'' (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Congo Kinshasa ** '' Burgeonium prolongus'' Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast ** '' Burgeonium retrolongus'' Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast * '' Brachysternum'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Brachysternum acuminatum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Brachysternopsis'' P. E. Hunter, 1993 ** '' Brachysternopsis flechtmanni'' P. E. Hunter, 1993 * '' Ceratocelaenopsis'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Ceratocelaenopsis womersleyi'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Cingulacarus'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Cingulacarus gangeticus'' Elsen, 1975 * '' Crassoseta'' P. E. Hunter, 1993 ** '' Crassoseta cornutum'' (Hyatt, 1964) ** '' Crassoseta fonsecai'' Hunter, 1993 — host '' Passalus coniferus'' (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Brazil ** '' Crassoseta roseae'' Hunter, 1993 — host '' Passalus convexus''; Brazil ** '' Crassoseta starri'' P. E. Hunter, 1993 * '' Crenamargo'' Hicks, 1958 ** '' Crenamargo binuseta'' Hicks, 1958 * '' Cryptometasternum'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Cryptometasternum aequalis'' Karg, 1997 — host Passalidae (Coleoptera);

Irian Jaya New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Austral ...

** '' Cryptometasternum derricki'' Womersley, 1958 ** '' Cryptometasternum eboris'' Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast ** '' Cryptometasternum natalense'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Cryptometasternum queenslandense'' Womersley, 1958 * '' Diplogyniella'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Diplogyniella gayi'' Womersley, 1958 ** '' Diplogyniella levinseni'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Diplogyniopsis'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Diplogyniopsis fluctuosum'' Sun, Seeman, Jin & Yi, 2024 ** '' Diplogyniopsis multidentata'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Diplogynium'' G. Canestrini, 1888 ** '' Diplogynium acuminatum'' G. Canestrini, 1888 ** '' Diplogynium oryctae'' Vishnupriya & Mohanasundaram, 1988 — host ''

Oryctes rhinoceros ''Oryctes rhinoceros'', also known as coconut rhinoceros beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, and coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, is a large species of beetle (typically 4–5 cm long), belonging to the rhinoceros beetles subfamily Dynastinae. ''O ...

'' (Coleoptera:

Dynastinae Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarabaeidae, scarab beetle family (biology), family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn be ...

);

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

* '' Discretoseta'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Discretoseta cochlearia'' P. Elsen, 1981 * '' Eboriella'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Eboriella globuloseta'' P. Elsen, 1981 * '' Forkosclerite'' A. Kumar-Datta, 1985 ** '' Forkosclerite assamensis'' A. Kumar-Datta, 1985 * '' Heveacarus'' Elsen, 1974 ** '' Heveacarus splendidus'' Elsen, 1974 * '' Heterodiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Heterodiplogynium vestitum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Hirsutocapillus'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Hirsutocapillus lukombensis'' P. Elsen, 1981 * '' Lobogyniella'' Krantz, 1958 ** '' Lobogyniella Trägårdhi'' Krantz, 1958 * '' Lobogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Lobogynium rotumdtum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Brachylobogynium'' Bhattacharyya, 1969 ** '' Brachylobogynium setosum'' Bhattacharyya, 1969 * '' Lobogynoides'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Lobogynoides andreinii'' (Berlese, 1909) ** '' Lobogynoides obtusum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Megachaetochela'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Megachaetochela warreni'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Microdiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Microdiplogynium reticulatum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Monodiplogynium'' Womersley, 1958 ** '' Monodiplogynium carabi'' Womersley, 1958 * '' Neolobogynium'' Hicks, 1957 ** '' Neolobogynium lateriseta'' Hicks, 1957 * '' Neodiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Neodiplogynium schubarti'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Neodiplogynium eusetosum'' Karg, 1997 —

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** '' Neodiplogynium vallei'' Fox, 1959 — host is ''

Rattus norvegicus ''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus' ...

'' (Brown rat);

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* '' Ophiocelaeno'' Johnston & Fain, 1964 ** '' Ophiocelaeno sellnicki'' Johnston & Fain, 1964 ** '' Ophiocelaeno sudhiri'' Kumar-Datta, 1985 — India * '' Paradiplogynium'' Womersley, 1958 ** '' Paradiplogynium nahmani'' Seeman, 2007 — host is '' Titanolabis colossea'' ** '' Paradiplogynium panesthia'' Womersley, 1958 * '' Passalacarus'' Pearse & Wharton, 1936 ** '' Passalacarus brooksi'' Womersley, 1958 * '' Pseudodiplogyniopsis'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Pseudodiplogyniopsis garba'' P. Elsen, 1981 * '' Pseudofusio'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Pseudofusio hulstaerti'' P. Elsen, 1981 ** '' Pseudofusio membranus'' Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Ivory Coast ** '' Pseudofusio microcorniculus'' Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Ivory Coast * '' Pyramidogynium'' Elsen, 1974 ** '' Pyramidogynium etataensis'' Elsen, 1974 * '' Quadristernoseta'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Quadristernoseta schoutedeni'' Elsen, 1975 ** '' Quadristernoseta intermedia'' Elsen, 1981 — host '' Pentalobus barbatus'' (Coleoptera); Congo Kinshasa ** '' Quadristernoseta longigynium'' Elsen, 1981 — host

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

(Coleoptera); Congo Kinshasa * '' Schizodiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Schizodiplogynium capillatum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Spatulosternum'' Elsen, 1974 ** '' Spatulosternum microspinosus'' Elsen, 1974 * '' Trichodiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Trichodiplogynium hirsutum'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Trichodiplogynium mesoamericanum'' Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1993 — host '' Veturius platyrhinus'' (Coleoptera: Passalidae);

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* '' Tridiplogynium'' Trägårdh, 1950 ** '' Tridiplogynium inexpectatum'' Trägårdh, 1950 * '' Weiseronyssus'' Samsinak, 1962 ** '' Weiseronyssus mirus'' Samsinak, 1962

References

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