''Gaeolaelaps'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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 ...
.
The genus was long considered a subgenus of ''
Hypoaspis'', but restored to genus level in 2009 to contain species with a denticulate tectum.
Species
* ''
Gaeolaelaps aculeifer''
(Canestrini, 1883)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps angusta''
(Karg, 1965)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps angustiscutatus''
(Willmann, 1951)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps deinos''
(Zeman, 1982)
* ''
Gaeolaelops gillespiei''
Beaulieu, 2009
* ''
Gaeolaelaps glabrosimilis''
(Hirschmann, Bernhard, Greim & Gotz, 1969)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps iranicus''
Kavianpour & Nemati, ''in'' Kavianpour, Nemati, Gwiazdowicz & Kocheili, 2013
* ''
Gaeolaelaps kargi''
(Costa, 1968)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps minor''
(Costa, 1968)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps nolli''
(Karg, 1962)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps oreithyiae''
(Walter & Oliver, 1989)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps praesternalis''
(Willmann, 1949)
* ''
Gaeolaelaps queenslandicus
''Gaeolaelaps'' is a genus of mite.
The genus was long considered a subgenus of ''Hypoaspis'', but restored to genus level in 2009 to contain species with a denticulate tectum.
Species
* ''Gaeolaelaps aculeifer'' (Canestrini, 1883)
* ''Gaeola ...
''
(Womersley, 1956)
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life entry
Laelapidae
Acari genera
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