Digamasellidae is a family 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 ...

s in 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 ...

Genera

These 11 genera belong to the family Digamasellidae: * '' Dendrolaelaps'' Halbert, 1915 * '' Dendrolaelaspis'' Lindquist, 1975 * '' Dendroseius'' Karg, 1965 * '' Digamasellus'' Berlese, 1905 * '' Insectolaelaps'' Shcherbak, 1980 * '' Longoseius'' Chant, 1961 * '' Multidendrolaelaps'' Hirschmann, 1974 * '' Oligodentatus'' Shcherbak, 1980 * '' Orientolaelaps'' Bregetova & Shcherbak, 1977 * '' Panteniphis'' Willmann, 1949 * ''

Pontiolaelaps ''Pontiolaelaps'' is a genus of mites in the family Digamasellidae. There are at least three described species in ''Pontiolaelaps''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Pontiolaelaps'': * '' Pontiolaelaps crenatus'' (Luxton, 1984 ...

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Uncertain placement

These species are considered ''incertae sedis'' within Digamasellidae: * '' Asca muricata'' Fox, 1947 * '' Cyrtolaelaps armatus'' Berlese, 1904 * '' Dendrolaelaps ulmi'' Hirschmann, 1960 * '' Digamasellus arcuatus'' Willmann, 1939 * '' Digamasellus gradatus'' Willmann, 1938 * '' Gamasellus inermis'' Halbert, 1920 * '' Gamasellus claviger'' Lombardini, 1941 * '' Gamasellus cultriger'' Lombardini, 1940 * '' Gamasellus gracilis'' Berlese, 1920 * '' Gamasellus innumerus'' Berlese, 1920 * '' Gamasellus rhodacaroides'' Berlese, 1920 * '' Gamasellus simplex'' Berlese, 1920 * '' Panteniphis rhombus'' Ma & Lin, 2007

References

Acari families {{Mesostigmata-stub