Digamasellidae

Digamasellidae Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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

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

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

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. 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)". Zootaxa. 3471: 1–69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3471.1.1.