Mesostigmata
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Taxonomy
updated 2025
Synonyms
(=Metagynura Balogh)
Classification
Superorder Parasitiformes » Order Mesostigmata » Suborder Monogynaspida » Infraorder Uropodina » Superfamily Uropodoidea » Family Metagynuridae » Genus Metagynella
Diagnostic characters
- Small uropodine mites with a postcoxalpostcoxal:
posterior to the coxae.
genital opening, pedofossaepedofossa:
(pl. pedofossae) (= fossae pedales, fovae pedales) recesses into which the legs can be withdrawn.
, 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.
References
- Ainscough 1981Ainscough 1981:
Ainscough BD. 1981. Uropodine studies. I. Suprageneric classification in the cohort Uropodina Kramer, 1882 (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 7: 47–56.
- Karg 1989aKarg 1989a:
Karg W. 1989a. Acari (Acarina), Milben Unterordnung Parasitiformes (Anactinotrichaeta) Uropodina Kramer, Schildkrötenmilben. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 67: 1-203.
- Krantz and Ainscough 1990Krantz and Ainscough 1990:
Krantz GW and Ainscough B. 1990. Mesostigmata. pp. 583-665. In: Dindal DL, ed. Soil biology guide. John Wiley & Sons, Brisbane.
- Wisniewski and Hirschmann 1993Wisniewski and Hirschmann 1993:
Wisniewski J and Hirschmann W. 1993. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes. Teil 548. Katalog der Ganggattungen, Untergattungen, Gruppen und Arten die Uropodiden der Erde. Acarologie, Schriftenreihe für Vergleichende Milbenkunde 40: 1-220.
