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Metagynella
Taxonomic Position
Cohort Uropodina
Subcohort Uropodiae
Superfamily Uropodoidea Kramer
Family Uropodidae Kramer s.l.
Metagynuridae Balogh
Metagynella Berlese (=Metagynura Balogh)
Diagnostic characters:
Small uropodine mites with a postcoxal genital opening, pedofossae, and a metapodal line.
Similar taxa. Many uropodoids are similar in general appearance, but the postcoxal genital opening in both sexes is unique to Metagynella.
Ecology.
References
Ainscough, BD. 1981. Uropodine studies. I. Suprageneric classification in the cohort Uropodina Kramer, 1882 (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 7:47-56.
Karg W. 1989. Acari (Acarina), Milben Unterordnung Parasitiformes (Anactinotrichaeta) Uropodina Kramer, Schildkrötenmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 67: 1-203.
Krantz, GW & Ainscough, B. 1990. Mesostigmata. pp. 583-665, in DL Dindal (ed) Soil Biology Guide. John Wiley & Sons: Brisbane.
Wisniewski, J. and W. Hirschmann 1993. Katalog der Ganggattungen, Untergattungen, Gruppen und Arten die Uropodiden der Erde. Gangsyst. Parasitiformes, Schriften. für vergleich. Milbenkunde Folge 40: 466pp. Hirschmann Verlag, Nürnberg.