Digamasellidae

Family of mites

Digamasellidae

Temporal range: Palaeogene–present

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Mesostigmata
Superfamily:  | Rhodacaroidea
Family:  | Digamasellidae
Evans, 1957

Digamasellidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.

## Genera

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These 11 genera belong to the family Digamasellidae:[1][2][3]

* 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 Luxton, 1989

### Uncertain placement

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These species are considered incertae sedis within Digamasellidae:[2]

* 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

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1. ^ Sweelam, M.; Nasreldin, Mona (2017). "A New Species of Dendrolaelaps (Halbert, 1913) (Gamasida: Digamasellidae) from Egypt". Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology. 11: 11–14\. doi:10.21608/ajesa.2017.164161.
2. ^ a b Castilho, Raphael C. (2012). Taxonomy of Rhodacaroidea mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) (PDF). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (Report).
3. ^ Castilho, Raphael de Campos; Moraes, Gilberto; Halliday, R. B. (2012). "Catalogue of the mite family Rhodacaridae Oudemans, with notes on the classification of the Rhodacaroidea (Acari: Mesostigmata)". Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz. 3471.

Taxon identifiers

Digamasellidae|

* Wikidata: Q3027731
* Wikispecies: Digamasellidae
* AFD: Digamasellidae
* BioLib: 19368
* BOLD: 466014
* BugGuide: 96511
* CoL: 99P
* EoL: 3202501
* EPPO: 1DIGAF
* Fauna Europaea: 12459
* Fauna Europaea (new): 86f3d1c5-2032-4c5f-abd3-460330f69e56
* GBIF: 6087
* iNaturalist: 245180
* IRMNG: 100334
* ITIS: 1117988
* NBN: NHMSYS0021284674
* NCBI: 704100
* Open Tree of Life: 660063
* Plazi: 3251473D-DE48-FFFA-FF6F-FBBAFBB707E9

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