Trigonuropodidae

Baloghiatrigon sp., copyright Jenő Kontschán.

Belongs within: Uropodina.

The Trigonuropodidae are a group of tropical uropodine mites possessing phylliform setae.

<==Trigonuropodidae FH93
    |--Baloghiatrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Foveolatatrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Kaszabiatrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Latipilitrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Structuratrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Tuberculatatrigon Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    `--Trigonuropoda Trägårdh 1952 FH93
         |--T. cubaandrassyia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubabaloghia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubaborhidiia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubaendrodyia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubahutuaea Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubakaszabia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubaloksaia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubamahunkaia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubanicolaea Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubapecinaia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. cubazicsiia Hirschmann 1975 FH93
         |--T. difoveolata VKC07
         |--T. eustructura Hirschmann 1975 H98
         |--T. nonpolyphemus Hirschmann 1975 H98
         |--T. polyphemus (Vitzthum 1935) (see below for synonymy) H98
         |--T. terraereginae Domrow 1957 H98
         |--T. terraereginaesimilis Hirschmann 1975 [=T. terrareginasimilis Hirschmann & Hutu 1974 (n. n.)] H98
         |--T. trioculata Hirschmann 1975 H98
         `--T. trioculatasimilis Hirschmann 1975 H98

Trigonuropoda polyphemus (Vitzthum 1935) [=Urodinychus polyphemus; incl. T. tragardhi Hirschmann 1975, T. traegardhi] H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Trichocylliba

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of male Trichocylliba, from Ohio State University.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Trichocylliba is a genus of uropodoid mites associated with roaming ants as adults and exhibiting a number of specialisations for attaching to their hosts (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Dorsum covered by a single shield, idiosoma without a defined marginal shield; forked pilus dentilis absent; levator tendon of movable finger of chelicera with sclerotised node; palpfemur with five setae; intercoxal region bearing five pairs of setae; pedofossae present; femur I with nine setae; genu I with a pair of ventral setae; genua III and IV without ventral setae.

<==Trichocylliba Berlese 1904 LKW09, FH93 [=Thrichocylliba FH93; incl. Panamatrichocylliba Hirschmann 1979 FH93; Planodiscini]
    |--*T. (Trichocylliba) comata (Leonardi 1895) ET79 [=Discopoma comata FH93]
    |--T. (Circocylliba Sellnick 1926) FH93
    |    `--T. (C.) krantzi Hirschmann 1975 LKW09, FH93
    |--T. (Coxequesoma Sellnick 1926) FH93
    |    `--T. (C.) panamaensis Hirschmann 1975 LKW09, FH93
    `--T. (Planodiscus Sellnick 1926) FH93
         |--T. (*P.) squamata (Sellnick 1926) LKW09, ER66 [=*Planodiscus squamatim ER66, P. squamatum ER66]
         `--T. (P.) burchelli (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1966) FH93, ER66 [=Planodiscus burchelli FH93]

Trichocylliba incertae sedis:
  T. ablesi Hirschmann 1973 FH93
  T. chiapensis Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. crinita (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba crinita] FH93
  T. ecitonis (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba ecitonis] FH93
  T. elongata (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus elongatus] FH93
  T. elzingai Hirschmannn 1973 FH93
  T. foreli (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus foreli] FH93
  T. hamata (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1970) [=Planodiscus hamatus] FH93
  T. hirsuta (Banks 1902) [=Discopoma hirsuta] FH93
  T. hirticoma (Berlese 1903) [=Discopoma hirticoma] FH93
  T. minuta (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba minuta] FH93
  T. oligochaeta (Elzinga & Rettenmeyer 1975) [=Circocylliba oligochaeta] FH93
  T. praedator Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. schneirlai Elzinga 1982 FH93
  T. umbocauda (Elzinga 1982) [=Coxequesoma umbocauda] FH93
  T. watkinsi Elzinga 1982 FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ER66] Elzinga, R. J., & C. W. Rettenmeyer. 1966. A neotype and new species of Planodiscus (Acarina: Uropodina) found on doryline ants. Acarologia 8 (2): 191–199.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

Discourella

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of female Discourella modesta, from Bal & Özkan (2003).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Discourella is a genus of uropodoid mites with short corniculi, no pedofossae, and females with an epigynial shield extending to the anterior margin of the sternal shield.

<==Discourella Berlese 1910 FH93
    |--D. foraminosa Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. hirschmanni Hiramatsu 1983 H98
    |--D. illustris Hiramatsu 1983 FH93
    |--D. lindquisti Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. longipilosa Hiramatsu 1980 FH93
    |--D. mexicana Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. modesta (Leonardi 1899) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |--D. modestasimilis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--D. porosa VKC07
    |--D. sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
    `--D. torpida Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93

Discourella modesta (Leonardi 1899) [=Celaeno modesta; incl. Trachyuropoda (Ianetiella) bella Berlese 1905, Discourella discopomoides Berlese 1910, Trichodinychura eucoma Willmann 1951, Discopoma puella Berlese 1910] FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Oplitis

Venter of female Oplitis aktius, from Lindquist et al. (2009).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Oplitis is a genus of relatively small, weakly sclerotised uropodoid mites that are mostly found in association with ants.

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Weakly sculptured species typically with well-defined perigenital field; dorsal shield not divided; cheliceral shaft lacking sclerotised spoon-like process above dorsal seta, levator tendon of movable finger with sclerotised node; forked pilus dentilis present; pedofossae present; femur I with eight setae; genu I with pair of ventral setae.

<==Oplitis Berlese 1884 ET79 [incl. Urodiscella Berlese 1903 ET79, Uroplitella Berlese 1903 FH93]
    |--*O. paradoxa (Canestrini & Berlese 1884) ET79 (see below for synonymy)
    |--O. acinaca LKW09
    |--O. aktius Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. alienorum Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. anisus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. apicata (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda apicata] H98
    |--O. arboricavi Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. attaae Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--O. belizensis VKC07
    |--O. blufftonensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. carteretensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. castrisimilis Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 VKC07
    |--O. cheleuta Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. circularis (Miller 1925) [=Uroplitella circularis] FH93
    |--O. communis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. comparata (Banks 1916) [=Uroplitella comparata] H98
    |--O. dakotensis McDaniel & Bolen 1980 FH93
    |--O. delicta Fox 1957 FH93
    |--O. dictyoeides Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 FH93
    |--O. disparata (Banks 1916) [=Uroplitella disparata] H98
    |--O. exopodi Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. exsectoidesorum Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. fraterna (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda fraterna] H98
    |--O. garibaldii Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. granulatus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. internata (Banks 1916) [=Uropoda internata] H98
    |--O. litoralis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. macclellani Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. margaritaensis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--O. meliponarum (Turk 1948) [=Uroplitana meliponarum] FH93
    |--O. moseri Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--O. nitida (Womersley 1959) [=Urodiscella nitida] H98
    |--O. peckisimilis VKC07
    |--O. pennsylvanica (Berlese 1903) [=Uroplitella pennsylvanica] FH93
    |--O. piedmontensis Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--‘Uropoda’ ricasoliana Berl. 1889 [=*Urodiscella ricasoliana] E57
    |--O. sarcinulus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. termitophila LKW09
    |--O. testigosensis (Sellnick 1963) [=Cariboplitis testigosensis] FH93
    |--O. trachymyrmecon Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93
    |--O. uncinata Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1973 VKC07
    `--O. virgilinus Hunter & Farrier 1976 FH93

*Oplitis paradoxa (Canestrini & Berlese 1884) ET79 [=Uropoda paradoxa FH93, Uroplitella paradoxa S22; incl. Uropoda paradoxoides Oudemans 1903 FH93]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Nenteria

Nenteria sp., ventral view, from Quiroz Ibáñez (2016).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Nenteria is a genus of uropodoid mites commonly found in manure or compost (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Fixed digit of chelicera extending well beyond tip of movable digit, levator tendon of movable digit with a sclerotised node; dorsal shield not divided; pedofossae present; genu I lacking paired ventral setae.

<==Nenteria Oudemans 1915 FH93
    |--*N. tropica (Oudemans 1905) [=Uropoda tropica] ET79
    |--N. australiensis Hirschmann & Hiramatsu 1978 H98
    |--N. breviungulata (Willm. 1949) MS91
    |--N. diademata (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda diademata] FH93
    |--N. fici Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--N. guatemalae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. lindquisti Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--N. mesoamericana Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. plumata Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985 FH93
    |--N. ritzemai (Oudemans 1904) [=Uropoda ritzemai] FH93
    |--N. stammeri EU03
    `--N. stylifera EU03

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[EU03] Ekiz, A. N., & R. Urhan. 2003. A new record of Uroobovella Berlese, 1903 (Acari: Uropodina) from Turkey with some ecological notes. Zoology in the Middle East 29: 105–111.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[MS91] Miko, L., & M. Stanko. 1991. Small mammals as carriers of non-parasitic mites (Oribatida, Uropodina). In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 395–402. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

Polyaspidoidea

Trachytes pauperior, copyright Bergen Museum.

Belongs within: Uropodina.

The Polyaspidoidea are a group of predatory mites that are most diverse in leaf litter, tree holes and moss in northern temperate regions (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Lindquist et al. 2009): Coxae I flanking broad tritosternal base, vertex and camerostome well developed, distinct pedofossae absent; palpgenu with five setae. Body usually covered in thick, ornamented cerotegument; adults with a fragmented or holodorsal shield, peritrematic sclerites fused with mediodorsal shield anterodorsally and bearing vertical setae, without a separate vertex shield element; marginal shields usually present, often fragmented into smaller scutella or fused with mediodorsal shield, pygidial shield present, narrow to broad, sometimes fragmented, either nude or bearing one to several pairs of setae. Chelicerae elongate, without lyrifissure and with large to small digits, pilus dentilis absent. Peritremes well developed. Tritosternal base broader than long, laciniae fused basally, often subdivided distally. Femur I with nine setae (typically 1 4/3 1), genua III and IV each with one or two ventral setae, and tibia I with four dorsal and two ventral setae (2 2/1, 211 2(1)). Female epigynal shield rounded or trapezoidal and with slender paragynal elements, each carrying a seta (st5) and a pore, rarely fused to epigynal shield. Sternal region well sclerotized; large ventrianal shield present or incorporated into holoventral shield. Male with holoventral shield, genital opening between coxae III and IV, anterior genital valve sometimes with one pair of setae. Cerotegument usually thick, often reticulate, sometimes extended as wings on segments of legs I.

<==Polyaspidoidea [Polyaspidini, Trachytoidea] LKW09
    |--Polyaspididae LKW09
    |    |--Dyscritaspis Camin 1953 FH93
    |    |    `--D. whartoni Camin 1953 LKW09, FH93
    |    |--Calotrachytes Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |    |--C. fimbriatipes (Michael 1908) SL71
    |    |    `--C. sclerophyllus (Michael 1908) SL71
    |    |--Dipolyaspis Berlese 1916 VKC07, FH93
    |    |    `--*P. sansonei (Berlese 1916) [=Polyaspis (*Dipolyaspis) sansonei] B16
    |    `--Polyaspis Berlese 1881 FH93
    |         |--*P. patavinus Berlese 1881 ET79
    |         |--P. australis Berlese 1881 [=Poliaspis (l. c.) australis] H98
    |         |--P. lamellipes Banks 1914 FH93
    |         `--P. potchefstroomi A81
    |--Dithinozerconidae LKW09
    |    |--Iphidinychus Berlese 1913 LKW09, FH93
    |    |--Caminella Krantz & Ainscough 1960 LKW09, FH93
    |    |    `--C. peraphora Krantz & Ainscough 1960 FH93
    |    `--Uroseius Berlese 1888 FH93 [incl. Apionoseius Berlese 1904 LKW09, FH93, Dithinozercon Berlese 1917 FH93]
    |         |--*U. acuminatus (Koch 1847) [=Uropoda acuminata] ET79
    |         |--U. australianus (Canestrini 1884) (see below for synonymy) H98
    |         |--U. badius Ewing 1909 FH93
    |         |--‘Apionoseius’ castrii LKW09
    |         |--U. inaequipunctatus (Stoll 1893) [=Uropoda inaequipunctata] FH93
    |         |--‘Celaeno’ infirma Berlese 1887 (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |         |--U. hunzikeri Schweizer 1922 S61
    |         |--U. johnstoni Hirschmann 1979 [=U. (Apionoseius) johnstoni] FH93
    |         |--‘Trachytes’ lagenaeformis Berlese 1904 [=Apionoseius lagenaeformis, A. lagenarius (l. c.)] FH93
    |         |--‘Echinoseius (Iphidinychus)’ manicatus Berlese 1913 [=Apionoseius manicatus] FH93
    |         `--U. tumidus Ewing 1913 FH93
    |--Tetrasejaspis Sellnick 1941 A81, FH93 [Tetrasejaspidae FH93]
    |--Baloghjkaszabia Hirschmann 1973 A81, FH93 [Baloghjkaszabiidae FH93]
    `--Trachytidae [Polyaspinidae] LKW09
         |--Pholeogynium Johnston 1961 FH93
         |--Polyaspinus Berlese 1916 LKW09, FH93
         |    |--*P. cylindricus Berlese 1916 ET79
         |    |--P. boliviensis LKW09
         |    |--P. higginsi Camin 1954 FH93
         |    |--P. quadrangularis LKW09
         |    |--P. tasmaniensis LKW09
         |    `--P. tuberculatus Womersley 1961 [=Polyaspis tuberculatus, Uroseius tuberculatus] H98
         `--Trachytes Michael 1894 FH93
              |--*T. aegrota (Koch 1841) ET79 (see below for synonymy)
              |--T. austeni Hirst 1923 H23
              |--T. dubiosus Schweizer 1961 S61
              |--T. infirmus S22
              |--T. minima Trägårdh 1910 FH93
              |--T. mystacinus Berlese 1910 K07
              |--T. mystiacus Berlese 1910 S61
              |--T. pauperior (Berlese 1914) K07 [=T. pi var. pauperior S61]
              |--T. pi S61
              |--T. sumatrensis H23
              |--T. szonjaae Kontschán 2007 K07
              |--T. tragardhi Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
              `--T. tubifer S61

‘Celaeno’ infirma Berlese 1887 FH93 [=Apionoseius infirmus FH93; incl. A. dubiosus Vitzthum 1925 FH93, Thinozercon (*Dithinozercon) halberti Berlese 1916 FH93, B16]

*Trachytes aegrota (Koch 1841) ET79 [=Celaeno aegrota FH93; incl. Trachynotus pyriformis Kramer 1876 FH93, Trachytes pyriformis S61]

Uroseius australianus (Canestrini 1884) [=Celaeno australiana, Apionoseius australianus, Celaenopsis australiana] H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A81] Ainscough, B. D. 1981. Uropodine studies. I. Suprageneric classification in the cohort Uropodina Kramer, 1882 (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 7: 47–56.

[B16] Berlese, A. 1916. Centuria terza di Acari nuovi. Redia 12: 289–338.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H23] Hirst, S. 1923. On some new or little-known species of Acari. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 971–1000.

[K07] Kontschán, J. 2007. Some new records of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro with descriptions of two new species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 177–188.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[SL71] Spain, A. V., & M. Luxton. 1971. Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific Insects Monograph 25: 179–226.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Abrotarsala

Dorsal and ventral views of Abrotarsala rimatoris, with close-up ventral views of gnathosoma and tip of left chelicera, from Schuster & Summers (1978).

Belongs within: Uropodina.

Abrotarsala is a genus of mites known from passalid beetles of the tribe Proculini in Mexico and Central America (Schuster & Summers 1978).

Characters (from Schuster & Summers 1978): Idiosoma pyriform to oval in outline, widest across opisthosoma. Tectum with three to five very small points on apex. Three or four pairs of peripheral body setae on posterior end of opisthosoma; two pairs ultralong, one or two pairs very small. Three or more pairs of dorsomedian microsetae. Perigynial suture complete. Ventral apron widened by panels (metapodal plates?) joined to its margins. Leg II of males may be hypertrophied and armed with apophyses on basal segments and a claw-like process on tarsus.

<==Abrotarsala Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. arciformis Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. cuneiformis Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. firundule Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. inconstans Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. longifemoralis Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. obesa Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. pyriformis Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. rimatoris Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. simplex Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    |--A. simulans Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93
    `--A. turgescentis Schuster & Summers 1978 FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

Schuster, R. O., & F. M. Summers. 1978. Mites of the family Diarthrophallidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 4 (4): 279–385.

Trachyuropoda

Trachyuropoda sp., copyright Centre for Biodiversity Genomics.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Trachyuropoda is a genus of strongly sculptured uropodoid mites. Species are mostly myrmecophilous though the species T. termitophila is found in association with termites (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Strongly sculptured species without perigenital field; levator tendon of movable digit of chelicera with a sclerotised node; dorsal shield not divided; forked pilus dentilis present; idiosoma not constricted posterior to coxae IV; opisthogaster lacking sub-circular setae-bearing depressions; pedofossae present in both sexes; femur I with eight setae; genu I with pair of ventral setae; genua III and IV each with at least one ventral seta.

<==Trachyuropoda Berlese 1888 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--*T. festiva Berlese 1888 ET79
    |--T. ablesi Hirschmann 1976 FH93
    |--T. auricularis (Hull 1923) [=Janetiella auricularis] H98
    |--T. baloghisimilis Hirschmann 1976 VKC07
    |--T. borinqueni Fox 1957 FH93
    |--T. bostocki ET79
    |--T. constricta Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
    |--T. dominula Berlese 1910 [=T. (Janetiella) dominula] FH93
    |--T. formicaria (Lubbock 1881) AKK96, E57 [=Uropoda formicariae E57, *Urotrachytes formicariae E57]
    |--T. gracilis VKC07
    |--T. laminosa (Can. & Berl. 1884) S22, S61 [=T. (Urojanetia) laminosa S22]
    |--T. leai Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
    |--T. lindquisti Hirschmann 1976 FH93
    |--T. longa Ewing 1917 FH93
    |--T. mahunkai VKC07
    |--T. mesofovea VKC07
    |--T. mexicana Hirschmann 1976 FH93
    |--T. michaeli Ewing 1910 [=Glyphopsis michaeli] FH93
    |--T. quadriauricularia Hirshmann 1976 VKC07
    |--T. schusteri VKC07
    |--T. similiathiasae VKC07
    |--T. termitophila LKW09
    `--T. trinidadis Hirschmann 1976 [incl. T. margaretaensis Hirschmann 1979] FH93

Trachyuropoda Berlese 1888 FH93 [incl. Michaeliella Berlese 1904 FH93, Paulitzia Oudemans 1915 FH93, Urotrachytes Berlese 1904 ET79]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[AKK96] Alberti, G., T. Kaiser & A.-K. Klauer. 1996. New ultrastructural observations of the coxal glands (nephridia) of Acari. In: Mitchell, R., D. J. Horn, G. R. Needham & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 1. Proceedings pp. 309–318. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Trichouropoda

Trichouropoda orbicularis, photographed by Eric Palevsky.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Trichouropoda is a genus of uropodoid mites characterised by the presence of one or two pairs of remarkably long posteroventral setae on the idiosoma (Evans & Till 1979). The species T. orbicularis may be found colonising food storages (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Levator tendon of movable digit of chelicera with a sclerotized node; dorsal shield not divided; idiosoma with one or two pairs of outstandingly long setae posteroventrally; both sexes with pedofossae; genu I lacking paired ventral setae.

<==Trichouropoda Berlese 1916 H98 [incl. Ipiduropoda Hirschmann 1978 FH93, Leiodinychus Berlese 1917 E57]
    |--*T. longiseta (Berlese 1888) ET79 [=Uropoda longiseta FH93]
    |--T. adjuncti Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. alascae Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. albertaserrata Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. angusta Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. asionis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. australis Hirschmann 1972 [=Leiodinychus australis Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. azteka (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda azteka] FH93
    |--T. bellatula VKC07
    |--T. bipilis ET79
    |--T. bonansai Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. californica Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. campbelli Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadainterstructura Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadaobscura Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadaovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadatuberosa Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. canadensis (Berlese 1904) [=Uropoda campomolendina var. canadensis] FH93
    |--T. chiapasa Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. cienfugi Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. cocosensis Hirschman & Wiśniewski 1988 VKC07
    |--T. columbiaovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. columbiaserrata Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. concinna (Trouessart 1902) [=Uropoda concinna] FH93
    |--T. coprophila Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. cribricollis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. cubana Huţu 1977 FH93
    |--T. denticulata Hirschmann 1972 [=Uropodinychus denticulatus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. denticulatasimilis Wiśniewski & Hirschmann 1987 FH93
    |--T. durangoensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. eichleri Hirschmann & Wisniewski 1987 H98
    |--T. elegantissima Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. falconis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. fallax (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda fallax] FH93
    |--T. febris (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda febris] FH93
    |--T. fumiakii VKC07
    |--T. fungivora Hirshmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. grandjeani Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. guatemalensis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. hirsuta Hirschmann 1972 [=Leiodinychus hirsutus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. hondurasae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. idahoensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. integra Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. knoxvillensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. krantzi LKW09
    |--T. kryptopoda VKC07
    |--T. lamellosa Hirschmann 1972 [=Urodinychus lamellosus Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.)] FH93
    |--T. lativentris (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda lativentris] FH93
    |--T. leoniana Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. lindquisti Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. lindquistisimilis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. longitricha Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
    |--T. maeandralis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. martini Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mazatlani Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mexicodialveolata Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--T. mexicoovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. mirabilis Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. montanae Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. montezumae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. moseri Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. obscura (Koch 1836) [=Notaspis obscurus] FH93
    |--T. obscurasimilis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 H91
    |--T. ontarioovalis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. orbimexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. orbicularis (Koch 1839) H98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--T. ovalis (Koch 1839) K07
    |--T. ovalistreati Hirschmann 1980 FH93
    |--T. pallida (Ewing 1909) [=Uropoda pallida] FH93
    |--‘Leiodinychus’ parasititucs SH01
    |--T. peritrematalis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. pinevillensis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. pityophthori Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polycanadiensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polycolumbiensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polyguatemalae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. polymexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polypora Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. polytrichasimilis Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. praeacuta (Fox 1948) [=Leiodinychus praeacutus] FH93
    |--T. rufipennis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. rugosa Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. saltoensis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 [incl. T. atlantica Sellnick 1963 (preoc.)] FH93
    |--T. sellnickioides Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1988 FH93
    |--T. serratasimilis Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. similibipilus Hirschmann 1972 FH93
    |--T. simpla (Fox 1948) [=Leiodinychus simplus] FH93
    |--T. solarissima Hirschmann 1978 VKC07
    |--T. somersetana Wisniewski & Hirschmann 1987 H98
    |--T. spickaovalis Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. tegucigalpae Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93
    |--T. transportabilis (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda transportabilis, Trichoruopoda (l. c.) transportabilis] H98
    |--T. treati Hirschmann 1980 FH93
    |--T. trichomexicana Hirschmann 1978 FH93
    |--T. urospinoidea Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 FH93
    |--T. utahensis Wiśniewski & Hirschmann in Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1987 FH93
    |--T. uvaeformis (Vitzthum 1921) [=Uropoda uvaeformis, Trichoruopoda (l. c.) uvaeformis] H98
    `--T. wilkinsoni Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1986 FH93

Trichouropoda orbicularis (Koch 1839) H98 [=Notaspis orbicularis H98, Leiodinychus orbicularis LO91; incl. Uropoda krameri Canestrini 1884 H98, Urodinychus (*Leiodinychus) krameri S22, E57]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H91] Huţu, M. 1991. Reproduction, embryonic and postembryonic development of Trichouropoda obscurasimilis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1961 (Anactinotrichida: Uropodina). In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 287–299. Chapman & Hall: London.

[K07] Kontschán, J. 2007. Some new records of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro with descriptions of two new species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 177–188.

[LO91] Lehtinen, P. T., & I. Oksala. 1991. Astigmatic and prostigmatic mites of grain stores, mills and sawmills in Finland. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 519–520. Chapman & Hall: London.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[SH01] Sumangala, K., & M. A. Haq. 2001. Survey of the mite fauna associated with Apis spp. in Kerala, southern India. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 565–568. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Last updated: 7 April 2021.

Uroobovella

Deutonymphs of Uroobovella marginatus on red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, from Porcelli et al. (2009). Legend from source: a, phoretic deutonymphs on pygidium; b, mites tethered (black arrows) on thorax and head; c, d, phoretic form from dorsum and venter, respectively, black arrow on terminal anus; e, left stigma; f, deutonymph: black arrow on left chelicera; g, conidia of Curvularia attached to shield seta of a deutonymph.

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Uroobovella is a genus of uropodoid mites in which both sexes have pedofossae and accessory setae in the intercoxal region. Metapodal lines are present and the female genital shield often bears an anterior projection in species of the subgenus Fuscuropoda; both these features are absent in the type subgenus (Evans & Till 1979). Species of Uroobovella may primarily feed on fungi and organic debris in animal nests and insect galleries (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Dorsal shield not divided. Levator tendon of movable digit of chelicera with sclerotised node. Palpfemur with five setae. Forked pilus dentis absent. Both sexes with accessory setae in the intercoxal region and pedofossae. Femur I with nine setae; genu I with a pair of ventral setae; genu III and IV without ventral setae.

<==Uroobovella Berlese 1903 [incl. Austruropoda Womersley 1955] H98
    |--*U. (Uroobovella) obovata (Canestrini & Berlese 1884) [=Uropoda obovata] ET79
    `--U. (Fuscuropoda Vitzthum 1924) ET79 [incl. Pseuduropoda Oudemans 1936 FH93]
         |--U. (*F.) marginatus (Koch 1839) H98, ET79, H98 [=Notaspis marginata H98, Uropoda (*F.) marginata ET79]
         |--‘Fuscouropoda’ agitans WP98
         |--‘Fuscuropoda’ moneta (Gervais in Walckenaer 1844) [=Uropoda moneta] FH93
         |--‘Fuscuropoda’ tricuspis Sellnick 1973 FH93
         `--U. (F.) vegetans (DeGeer 1768) LKW09, FH93 (see below for synonymy)

Uroobovella incertae sedis:
  U. ambigua Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. assatomarginata VKC07
  U. attaae Hirschmann 1972 FH93
  U. australiensis Wisniewski & Hirschmann 1992 H98
  U. australiobovata Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1975 H98
  U. australiovalis Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1975 H98
  U. bicarinata Trägårdh 1931 T31
  U. cassida Fox 1948 FH93
  U. coprophila (Womersley 1960) [=Cilliba coprophila] H98
  U. cribraria (Ewing 1909) [=Uropoda cribraria] FH93
  U. cristobalensis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. cylliboides Hull 1923 (n. d.) [=Urobovella (l. c.) cylliboides] H98
  U. danyii Kontschán 2007 K07
  U. decui Huţu 1977 FH93
  U. elimata T31
  U. faceta VKC07
  U. fimicola (Berlese 1903) EU03
  U. flagelligerformis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. folsomi (Ewing 1909) [=Uropoda folsomi] FH93
  U. hamata Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. japonica VKC07
  U. levis Pearse & Wharton in Pearse, Patterson et al. 1936 FH93
  U. ligulaformis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. magna Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1977 L86
  U. marmorea LKW09
  U. mazatlana Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. mexicana Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. michiganensis (Vitzthum 1926) [=Uropoda michiganensis] FH93
  U. moseri Hirschmann 1972 FH93
  U. negreai Huţu 1977 FH93
  U. notabilis S61
  U. orri Hirschmann 1972 [=Nenteria orri Moser & Roton 1972 (n. n.)] FH93
  U. orrisimilis Zirngiebl-Nicol & Hirschmann 1975 H98
  U. pearsei (Wharton 1938) [=Uropoda pearsei] FH93
  U. peteti (Coineau & Travé 1964) K07
  U. pyriformis LKW09
  U. sellnickivillosella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. setosa Pearse & Wharton in Pearse, Patterson et al. 1936 FH93
  U. similizairensis Hirschmann 1981 FH93
  U. spinosa Pearse & Wharton in Pearse, Patterson et al. 1936 FH93
  U. spinulipes (Canestrini 1884) [=Uropoda spinulipes, Centrouropoda spinulipes] H98
  U. tamena Hirschmann 1979 FH93
  U. tasmanica (Womersley 1955) [=Austruropoda tasmanica] H98
  U. treati Hirschmann 1980 FH93

Uroobovella (Fuscuropoda) vegetans (DeGeer 1768) LKW09, FH93 [=Acarus vegetans FH93, Cilliba vegetans S61, Cyllibano vegetans S22, Ixodes (Uropoda) vegetans G20, *Pseudouropoda vegetans E57, Uropoda vegetans E57; incl. Uropoda obscura S61]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[EU03] Ekiz, A. N., & R. Urhan. 2003. A new record of Uroobovella Berlese, 1903 (Acari: Uropodina) from Turkey with some ecological notes. Zoology in the Middle East 29: 105–111.

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[K07] Kontschán, J. 2007. Some new records of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro with descriptions of two new species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 177–188.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[L86] Luxton, M. 1986. Mites (Arachnida: Acari) from the coast of Hong Kong. In: B. Morton (ed.) Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986 pp. 667–671. Hong Kong University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[T31] Trägårdh, I. 1931. Acarina from the Juan Fernandez Islands. Natural History of Juan Fernandez and Easter Islands 3 (4): 553–628.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[WP98] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1998. Feeding behaviour and phylogeny: observations on early derivative Acari. Experimental and Applied Acarology 22: 39–50.

Last updated: 7 April 2021.

Uropoda

Deuteronymphs of Uropoda orbicularis on dung beetle Aphodius, from Szymkowiak et al. (2007).

Belongs within: Uropodoidea.

Uropoda is a genus of mites commonly found in manure or compost, or attached to insects as phoretic deuteronymphs. The subgenus Phaulodinychus, sometimes treated as a distinct genus, contains species inhabiting wrack on the seashore and possesses an ambulacra on the first leg tarsus; this ambulacra is absent in Uropoda sensu stricto. The seashore species Uropoda mitis is believed to respire via the plastron during regular periods when it is submerged by the tide (Lindquist et al. 2009). In forms sometimes treated as a distinct genus Cilliba, the marginal shield is posteriorly continuous whereas other species have it absent or fragmented towards the rear (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Marginal shield absent posteriorly; genital shield of female produced into acute spine; levator tendon of movable digit of chelicera lacking a sclerotised node; palptibia and tarsus distinct, palpfemur with four setae; coxae I flattened, enlarged, concealing the tritosternum; legs I without ambulacra

<==Uropoda Latreille 1806 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--*U. (Uropoda) orbicularis (Müller 1776) ET79, FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    `--U. (Phaulodinychus Berlese 1904) LKW09, FH93 (see below for synonymy)
         |--‘*Phaulodinychus’ repletus Berlese 1903 ET79 [incl. Halouropoda interrupta Halbert 1915 E57]
         |--‘Trachyuropoda (Dinychura)’ alpina Schweizer 1922 [=Phaulodiaspis alpina] S61
         |--U. (P.) ampla Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 [=Phaulodinychus amplus] FH93
         |--U. (P.) cubaensis Hiramatsu 1980 FH93
         |--U. (P.) difoveolatasimilis Hirschmann 1972 VKC07
         |--U. (P.) grandis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--U. (P.) krantzi LKW09
         |--‘Phaulodinychus’ lagena S61
         |--U. (P.) lindquisti Hirschmann 1972 FH93
         |--U. (P.) marihirschmanni Hiramatsu 1977 VKC07
         |--U. (P.) maritima Hiramatsu 1977 VKC07
         |--U. (P.) minor (Halbert 1915) W96 [=Cilliba minor E57]
         |--U. (P.) mitis (Leonardi 1899) VKC07
         |--U. (P.) multipora Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 [=Phaulodinychus multiporus] FH93
         |--‘Phaulodinychus’ orchestiidarum (Barrois 1887) A81
         |--U. (P.) penicillata Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 [=Phaulodinychus penicillatus] FH93
         |--U. (P.) permagna Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 [=Phaulodinychus permagnus] FH93
         |--U. (P.) procera Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 [=Phaulodinychus procerus] FH93
         |--U. (P.) procerasimilis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--U. (P.) repleta (Berlese 1903) W96
         |--U. (P.) schusterii VKC07
         |--U. (P.) similibrasiliensis Hirschmann 1992 VKC07
         `--U. (P.) smithi Hirschmann 1972 FH93

Uropoda incertae sedis:
  U. amblyoponae Banks 1916 (n. d.) [=U. amblyopenae (l. c.)] H98
  U. americana Riley 1877 FH93
  U. australiensis Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1978 H98
  U. bermudaensis Ewing 1920 FH93
  U. bifrons Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. bilobata Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. bisetosa Banks 1914 FH93
  U. cassidea (Hermann 1804) K07 (see below for synonymy)
  ‘Discopoma’ circularis Banks 1898 [=Cilliba circularis] FH93
  U. clavisetosa Banks 1914 FH93
  U. convexifrons Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. corbicularis (Womersley 1961) [=Uropoda corbicularis] H98
  U. dentifrons Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. discus Stoll 1893 FH93
  U. duplicata Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. echinata Stoll 1893 FH93
  U. erlagensis Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 K07
  U. formicae Fitch 1855 FH93
  U. fusca Ewing 1909 FH93
  U. hallidayi (Athias-Binche & Bloszyk 1988) [=Australocilliba hallidayi] H98
  U. hungarica Kontschán 2004 K07
  U. illinoiensis Ewing 1909 FH93
  U. kuchtaorum (Athias-Binche & Bloszyk 1988) [=Australocilliba kuchtaorum] H98
  U. levigata Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1978 H98
  U. longifrons Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. longisetosa Ewing 1920 FH93
  U. lucifuga Packard 1888 FH93
  U. luculenta VKC07
  U. mazsalakiae Kontschán 2005 K07
  U. obliquifrons Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. orchestiidarum Barrois 1887 V25
  U. piriformis Stoll 1893 FH93
  U. provocans Banks in Newell 1908 FH93
  U. pudica Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1978 H98
  U. pulcherrima (Berlese 1903) K07 [=Discopoma pulcherrima S61, Neodiscopoma pulcherrima S61]
  U. punctulata Banks 1898 FH93
  U. robusta Ewing 1920 FH93
  ‘Cilliba’ robustiunguis Ewing 1920 FH93
  U. sartor Hull 1918 [=Lonchothura sartor] H98
  U. scelera Vitzthum 1926 FH93
  U. scitula Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1978 H98
  U. splendida Kramer 1882 K07 (see below for synonymy)
  U. submarginata Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. tasmanica Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98
  U. treati Hirschmann 1980 FH93
  U. trichordis Hiramatsu 1981 H98
  U. trilobata Banks 1916 (n. d.) H98

Nomina nuda: Uropoda depressa Banks in Motter 1898 FH93
             Uropoda essigi Banks in Essig 1958 FH93

Uropoda Latreille 1806 FH93 [=Uroporus (l. c.) FH93; incl. Australocilliba Athias-Binche & Bloszyk 1988 H98, Cilliba Heyden 1826 FH93, Cillibano Gervais in Walkenaer 1844 FH93, Corbidinychus Womersley 1961 H98, Cyllibano Berlese 1904 FH93, Discopoma Canestrini & Canestrini 1882 FH93, Discopoma Berlese 1904 non Canestrini & Canestrini 1882 ET79, Glyphopsis Michael 1894 FH93, Neodiscopoma Vitzthum 1943 ET79]

Uropoda cassidea (Hermann 1804) K07 [=Notaspis cassideus CF77, *Cilliba cassidea ET79, Cyllibano cassideus S22, Discopoma cassidea V25, Oribata cassidea CF77; incl. Uropoda truncata CF77]

Uropoda splendida Kramer 1882 K07 [=*Neodiscopoma splendida E57; incl. N. splendidae var. porticensis Berlese 1904 S61]

Uropoda (Phaulodinychus Berlese 1904) LKW09, FH93 [incl. Halouropoda Halbert 1915 FH93, Phaulodiaspis Vitzthum 1925 FH93]

*Uropoda (Uropoda) orbicularis (Müller 1776) ET79, FH93 [=Acarus orbicularis FH93; incl. A. vegetans Latreille 1806 non DeGeer 1768 E57]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A81] Ainscough, B. D. 1981. Uropodine studies. I. Suprageneric classification in the cohort Uropodina Kramer, 1882 (Acari: Mesostigmata). International Journal of Acarology 7: 47–56.

[CF77] Canestrini, G., & F. Fanzago. 1877. Intorno agli Acari Italiani. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Serie 5, 4: 69–208, pls 2–7.

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[FH93] Farrier, M. H., & M. K. Hennessey. 1993. Soil-inhabiting and free-living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an annotated checklist with bibliography and index. North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Technical Bulletin 302: i–xvi, 1–408.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[K07] Kontschán, J. 2007. Some new records of Uropodina mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro with descriptions of two new species. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 99: 177–188.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.

[S22] Schweizer, J. 1922. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der terrestrischen Milbenfauna der Schweiz. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 33: 23–112, 4 pls.

[S61] Schweizer, J. 1961. Die Landmilben der Schweiz (Mittelland, Jura und Alpen): Parasitiformes Reuter, mit 246 Arten und Varietäten und 268 meist kombinierten Originalzeichnungen. Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft [Mémoires de la Société Helvétique des Sciences Naturelles] 84: i–vii, 1–207.

[VKC07] Vázquez, M. M., H. Klompen & C. I. Chargoy. 2007. Study of the Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) in tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico and Belize. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 43–50. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[V25] Vitzthum, H. 1925. Fauna sumatrensis. (Beitrag no. 5). Acarinae. Supplementa Entomologica 11: 1–79.

[W96] Weigmann, G. 1996. Zonation and phenology of Uropodina (Uropodidae) in marine littoral saltmarshes. In: Mitchell, R., D. J. Horn, G. R. Needham & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 1. Proceedings pp. 603–606. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

Last updated: 31 March 2021.

Uropodoidea

Dinychus sp., copyright Scott Justis.

Belongs within: Uropodina.
Contains: Oplitis, Trachyuropoda, Nenteria, Uroobovella, Trichouropoda, Uropoda, Discourella, Trichocylliba.

The Uropodoidea are a diverse group of mites found in soil, humus, animal nests or decaying organic matter. Species may feed on fungi or organic debris or they may be predators on other small animals such as nematodes or insect larvae (Lindquist et al. 2009). Their classification has been somewhat chaotic in the past, largely due to debate on how much systematic weight should be allowed to characters that may not be expressed at all stages of the life cycle. In species of the family Uroactiniidae, the apex of the fixed cheliceral digit bears a large flower- or mushroom-shaped sensory organ and there are terminal teeth on the corniculi. A distinct internal sclerotised node is associated with the levator tendon of the chelicera in species of Trematuridae, Dinychidae, Trachyuropodidae and Oplitidae but not in Metagynella and Uropodidae. In Metagynella the hypostomatic setae h1 are short and spiniform, and the female genital shield is located behind coxae IV; Uropodidae usually have long and setiform setae h1 and the female genital shield is between coxae II–IV. Dinychidae, Trachyuropodidae and Oplitidae possess short marginal fimbriations and/or moustache-like distal excrescences on the internal malae that are absent in Trematuridae. In Dinychidae, the peritremes are well developed, often forming distinctive serpentine patterns, and the fixed cheliceral digit usually bears an apical 'finger' extending well past the movable digit (Lindquist et al. 2009).

Characters (from Lindquist et al. 2009): Coxae I broad, covering or partially covering narrow tritosternal base, vertex and camerostome well developed, pedofossae often present; palpgenu with 4–5 setae. Dorsal shield of adults smooth or variously ornamented, sometimes with deep pits and ridges, entire or with a posterior pygidial element, free or contiguous with holoventral shield, fused anteriorly to peritrematic elements and often bordered by marginal scutella or coalesced marginal shields; pygidial shield, when present, may be narrow to broad, sometimes subdivided, with or without setae. Chelicerae elongate, sometimes appearing four-segmented, without lyrifissure, terminal digits usually small and often bearing elaborate sensory structures, pilus dentilis present or absent, levator tendon with or without a sclerotized node. Peritremes well developed and often convoluted or serpentine, tritosternal laciniae fused basally and often subdivided distally. Femur I with 8–9 setae, genua III–IV without (or occasionally with 1) ventral setae, tibia I with only 3 dorsal and 2 ventral setae (typically 1 1/1, 2/1 1). Female genital opening covered by a single nude epigynal shield, paraanal elements absent. Male with holoventral shield, genital opening between coxae II–IV (rarely postcoxal), covered by 1–2 valves; protonymph with separate or fused podonotal and mesonotal elements; phoretic deutonymphs may attach to host via strand produced by anal pedicel.

<==Uropodoidea [Prodinychini] LKW09
    |--Clausiadinychus Sellnick 1930 KA90, FH93 [Clausiadinychidae FH93]
    |    `--C. cristatus Sellnick 1930 FH93
    |--Metagynella Berlese in Trouessart & Berlese 1919 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |--*M. paradoxa Berlese 1919 ET79
    |    |--M. lindquisti Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--M. mexicana Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--M. moseri Hirschmann 1975 FH93
    |    `--M. parvula Camin 1953 FH93
    |--Eutrachytidae FH93
    |    |--Dentibaiulus Schuster 1962 FH93
    |    |--Dicornutophorus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Mayaphorus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    `--Eutrachytes Berlese 1914 S61, FH93
    |         `--E. gaieri Schweizer 1961 S61
    |--Prodinychidae FH93
    |    |--Allodinychus Tragardh 1943 FH93
    |    |--Trachyxenura Leitner 1947 FH93
    |    `--Prodinychus Berlese 1917 KA90, FH93
    |         |--*P. fimicolus (Berlese 1903) [=Dinychus fimicolus] ET79
    |         |--P. americanus (Banks 1904) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |         |--P. flagellifer (Berlese 1910) FH93 [=Dinychus flagellifer FH93, Allodinychus flagelliger S61]
    |         |--P. hummelincki Sellnick 1963 FH93
    |         `--P. tetraphyllus (Berlese 1903) FH93 [=Dinychus tetraphyllus FH93, Phyllodinychus tetraphyllus S61]
    |--Oplitidae LKW09
    |    |--Oplitis LKW09
    |    |--Berleseoplitis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Cariboplitis Sellnick 1963 FH93
    |    |--Chelonuropoda Sellnick 1954 FH93
    |    |--Marginura Sellnick 1926 FH93
    |    |--Sellnickoplitis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Stammeroplitis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Uropectinia Kneissl 1908 FH93
    |    |--Uroplitana Sellnick 1926 FH93
    |    |--Woelkeoplitis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    `--Womersleyoplitis Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |--Uroactiniidae [Uroactiniinae] LKW09
    |    |--Chiropturopoda Sellnick 1958 FH93
    |    |--Centrouropoda Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |    `--C. rackae Hirschmann 1975 FH93
    |    `--Uroactinia Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1964 H98
    |         |--*U. consanguinea [=Uropoda consanguinea] D81
    |         |--U. agitans (Banks in Newell 1908) LKW09, FH93 [=Uropoda agitans] FH93
    |         |--U. anchor (Trouessart 1902) [=Uropoda anchor; incl. Fuscuropoda hippocrepoides Vitzthum 1939] FH93
    |         |--U. centroamericana (Stoll 1893) [=Uropoda centroamericana] FH93
    |         |--U. domrowi Hirschmann 1990 H98
    |         |--U. hippocrepea (Berlese 1918) [=Fuscuropoda hippocrepea] FH93
    |         |--U. hirschmanni Hiramatsu 1978 FH93
    |         |--U. ovata (Fox 1948) [=Fuscuropoda ovata] FH93
    |         `--U. rarosae VKC07
    |--Phymatodiscus Berlese 1917 VKC07, FH93 [Phymatodiscidae FH93]
    |--Trachyuropodidae [Trachyuropodina, Trachyuropodini, Trachyuropodoidea] LKW09
    |    |--Trachyuropoda LKW09
    |    |--Arculatatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Bostocktrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Castritrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Cephalojanetia Willmann 1951 FH93
    |    |--Cephalouropoda Berlese 1903 FH93
    |    |--Cristicepstrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Excavatatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Foliatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Graecatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Lindquisttrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Magnatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Origmatrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Trogulotrachys Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Leonardiella Berlese 1904 FH93
    |    |    `--*L. canestriniana (Berlese 1891) ET79, FH93 [=Uropoda canestriniana FH93]
    |    `--Urojanetia Berlese 1913 [incl. Janetiella Berlese 1904 (preoc.)] FH93
    |         |--*U. coccinea (Michael 1891) E57 [=Uropoda coccinea E57, Trachyuropoda coccinea S22]
    |         `--U. cristipes S61
    |--Nenteriidae FH93
    |    |--Nenteria KA90
    |    |--Calurodiscus Radford 1950 FH93
    |    |--Castrinenteria Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Stylinenteria Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Austrodinychus Trägårdh 1952 FH93
    |    |    |--A. canadiensis (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria canadiensis] FH93
    |    |    |--A. chiapasus (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria chiapasa] FH93
    |    |    |--A. fungivorus (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria fungivora] FH93
    |    |    |--A. howdeni (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria howdeni] FH93
    |    |    |--A. martini (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria martini] FH93
    |    |    |--A. mexicanus (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria mexicana] FH93
    |    |    |--A. moseri (Hirschmann 1972) [=Nenteria moseri] FH93
    |    |    `--A. sellnicki (Hirschmann & Wiśniewski 1985) [=Nenteria sellnicki] FH93
    |    `--Ruhmnenteria Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |         |--R. bretonensis (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria bretonensis] FH93
    |         |--R. chihuahuaensis (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria chihuahuaensis] FH93
    |         |--R. durangoensis (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria durangoensis] FH93
    |         |--R. eutamiasae (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria eutamiasae] FH93
    |         |--R. microti (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria microti] FH93
    |         |--R. orghidani (Huţu 1977) [=Nenteria orghidani] FH93
    |         |--R. potosi (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria potosi] FH93
    |         `--R. saltoensis (Hirschmann 1978) [=Nenteria saltoensis] FH93
    |--Dinychidae [Dinychini, Macrodinychidae, Urodiaspididae] LKW09
    |    |--Uroobovella LKW09
    |    |--Diurodinychus Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |--Phyllodinychus Trägårdh 1943 FH93
    |    |--Lindquistidiaspis Hirschmann 1984 FH93
    |    |    `--L. lindquisti (Hirschmann 1979) [=Urodiaspis lindquisti] FH93
    |    |--Urodiaspis Berlese 1916 LKW09, FH93
    |    |    |--*U. tecta (Kramer 1876) ET79 [=Notaspis tectus ET79, Uropoda tecta E57]
    |    |    |--U. pannonica Willmann 1951 K07
    |    |    `--U. walkeri Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1969 FH93
    |    |--Crinitodiscus Sellnick 1931 FH93
    |    |    `--C. (Oriendiscus) EU03
    |    |         |--C. (O.) pawlolowski EU03
    |    |         `--C. (O.) rafalskii EU03
    |    |--Dinychus Kramer 1886 FH93
    |    |    |--*D. perforatus Kramer 1882 ET79
    |    |    |--D. greensladeae Bloszyk & Halliday 1995 H98
    |    |    |--D. inermis (Koch 1841) [=Sejus inermis; incl. D. vartismithi Hull 1918] FH93
    |    |    |--D. micropunctatus Evans 1955 FH93
    |    |    |--D. ornatus (Fox 1957) [=Phyllodynchus ornatus] FH93
    |    |    |--D. ovatus (Ewing 1909) [=Polyaspis ovatus] FH93
    |    |    |--D. ruseki Athias-Binche, Błoszyk & Olszanowski 1989 FH93
    |    |    `--D. septentrionalis (Trägårdh 1943) [=Phyllodinychus septentrionalis] FH93
    |    |--Baloghmacrodinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Bregetovamacrodinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Loksamacrodinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    `--Macrodinychus Berlese 1917 LKW09, FH93
    |         |  i. s.: M. andrassyi Hirschmann 1975 H98
    |         |         M. baloghi Hirschmann 1975 H98
    |         |         M. parallelepipidus KGG07
    |         |--M. (Macrodinychus) FH93
    |         |    |--M. (M.) paraguayensis VKC07
    |         |    `--M. (M.) sellnicki Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1974 FH93
    |         `--M. (Monomacrodinychus) multispinosus Sellnick 1973 FH93
    |--Trematuridae [Trematurellidae, Trematurini] LKW09
    |    |--Trichouropoda LKW09
    |    |--Trematurella Trägårdh 1942 FH93
    |    |--Dentidinychus Sellnick 1926 FH93
    |    |--Gitodinychus Berlese 1917 FH93
    |    |--Trematuroides Cooreman 1960 FH93
    |    |--Trichodinychus Berlese 1917 FH93
    |    |--Trichointerstructura Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Trichosociata Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Urolaelaps Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |--Urospina Sellnick 1931 FH93
    |    |--Trematura Berlese 1917 FH93
    |    |    |--*T. patavina (Canestrini 1885) [=Uropoda patavina] ET79
    |    |    `--T. jacksoni ET79
    |    `--Oodinychus Berlese 1917 FH93
    |         |--*O. janeti (Berlese 1904) [=Urodinychus janeti] ET79
    |         |--O. granulatus Sellnick 1963 FH93
    |         |--O. jurassicus Schweizer 1961 S61
    |         |--O. karawaiewi Berlese 1903 S61
    |         |--O. margaritaensis Sellnick 1963 FH93
    |         |--O. ovalis (Koch 1839) MS91 [=Uropoda ovalis S61]
    |         `--O. venezolanus Sellnick 1963 FH93
    |--Urodinychidae [Urodinychini] FH93
    |    |--Appendiculobovella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Calouropoda Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |--Dinychopsis Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |--Formosaobovella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Indotrachytes Deb & Raychandhuri 1965 FH93
    |    |--Olouropoda Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |--Paradinychus Berlese 1916 FH93
    |    |    `--*P. venustus Berlese 1916 B16
    |    |--Phaulotrachytes Oudemans 1913 FH93
    |    |--Polyaspidiella Berlese 1910 FH93
    |    |--Pulchellaobovella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |--Styluropoda Trägåardh 1952 FH93
    |    |--Urocyclella Berlese 1913 FH93
    |    |--Urocylellopsis Willmann 1953 FH93
    |    |--Dinychura Berlese 1913 FH93
    |    |    |--*D. rectangula (Berl. 1913) [=Trachyuropoda (Urojanetia) rectangula] E57
    |    |    `--D. cordieri Berlese 1916 [=Discourella cordieri] ET79
    |    |--Vinicoloraobovella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
    |    |    `--V. americana (Hirschmann 1972) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |    |--Dendrouropoda Willmann 1959 FH93
    |    |    `--D. vallei S79
    |    |--Neoseius Oudemans 1903 FH93
    |    |    |--N. neptuni (Schuster 1958) [=Urosternella (Neoseius) neptuni] S58
    |    |    `--N. novus WP99
    |    |--Sellnickiobovella Hirschmann 1984 FH93
    |    |    |--S. hilli (Sellnick 1970) [=Fuscuropoda hilli] FH93
    |    |    `--S. marmorea (Fox 1948) [=Fuscuropoda marmorea] FH93
    |    |--Urosternella Berlese 1903 FH93
    |    |    `--U. cylindrica (Berlese 1913) [=Urodinychus cylindricus] FH93
    |    `--Urodinychus Berlese 1903 ET79
    |         |--*U. carinatus (Berlese 1888) [=Uropoda carinata] ET79
    |         |--U. karawaiewi S22
    |         `--U. ovalis S22
    `--Uropodidae (see below for synonymy) LKW09
         |--Habeogula LKW09
         |--Uropoda LKW09
         |--Australiuropoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Ceyloniphorus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Discotrachytes Berlese 1916 FH93
         |--Foveolaturopoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Gibbauropoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Heterodinychus Berlese 1912 FH93
         |--Interrupturopoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Jerzywisniewskia Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Karguropoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Laqueaturopoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Manuleatophorus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Neobirophorus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Multiporuropoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Odonturopoda Marais 1977 FH93
         |--Penicillaturopoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Spiculaturopoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Spinosissuropoda Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Dentatadinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Marginalidinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Toplaidinychus Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Uropolyaspis Berlese 1903 FH93
         |    `--*U. hamulifera (Michael 1894) [=Uropoda hamulifera] ET79
         |--Cyclacarus Ewing 1933 FH93
         |    `--C. aberrans Ewing 1933 FH93
         |--Kaszabjbaloghia Hirschmann 1973 [Kaszabjbaloghiidae] H98
         |    `--K. hirschmanni Hiramatsu 1978 H98
         |--Olodiscus Berlese 1917 FH93
         |    |--*O. integer (Berlese 1910) [=Discopoma integra] ET79
         |    `--O. minima Kramer 1882 E57
         |--Metadinychus Berlese 1916 FH93
         |    |--M. argasiformis Berlese 1916 FH93
         |    |--M. exilis (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979) [=Uropoda (Metadinychus) exilis] FH93
         |    `--M. pura (Hiramatsu & Hirschmann 1979) [=Uropoda (Metadinychus) pura] FH93
         |--Tuberdinychus Schweizer 1961 FH93
         |    |--*T. subterranus (Schweizer 1922) S61 [=Urodinychus subterranus S22]
         |    |--T. fumicolus Schweizer 1961 S61
         |    `--T. parvus Schweizer 1961 S61
         |--Castriidinychus Hirschmann 1973 H98
         |    |--C. baloghi Hirschmann 1975 H98
         |    |--C. kaszabi Hirschmann 1975 H98
         |    `--C. mahunkai Hirschmann 1975 H98
         |--Diphaulocylliba Vitzthum 1925 FH93
         |    |--*D. amplior (Berlese 1923) [=Phaulocylliba amplior] V25
         |    |--D. debilior Vitzthum 1925 V25
         |    |--D. ingens Vitzthum 1925 V25
         |    `--D. permagna (Canestrini 1897) [=Discopoma permagna] V25
         |--Phaulocylliba Berlese 1903 FH93
         |    |--*P. ventricosa Berlese 1903 V25
         |    |--P. inflata Berlese 1920 V25
         |    |--P. littoralis (Trouessart 1902) [=Discopoma littorale; incl. P. berlesi Halbert 1915] V25
         |    |--P. misella (Berlese 1916) [=Cyllibano (Microcylliba) misella] V25
         |    |--P. orbicularis (Müller 1882) S61 (see below for synonymy)
         |    `--P. virgata (Hull 1918) [=Cillibano virgata] V25
         |--Deraiophorus Canestrini 1897 LKW09, FH93
         |    |--D. australis Hirschmann 1973 H98
         |    |--D. maya (Krantz 1969) [=Eutrachytes maya] FH93
         |    |--D. neobiroi Hirschmann 1973 H98
         |    |--D. novaehollandiae (Domrow 1957) [=Urodiaspis novaehollandiae] H98
         |    |--D. simplicior (Domrow 1957) [=Eutrachytes simplicior] H98
         |    `--D. truncatus (Berlese 1888) [=Celaeno truncata] FH93
         |--Piracarus crozetensis P94
         |--Discourella LKW09
         |--Baloghurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Capitodiscus Vitzthum 1931 FH93
         |--Clivosurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Comydinychus Berlese 1917 FH93
         |--Cosmogynurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Formosaurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Gerlachurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Longicarinaturella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Reticulaturella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Rotundurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Stammerurella Hirschmann 1979 FH93
         |--Trichocylliba LKW09
         |--Antennequesoma Sellnick 1926 FH93
         `--Hirtitrichocyllibula Hirschmann 1979 FH93

Metagynella Berlese in Trouessart & Berlese 1919 FH93 [incl. Metagynura Balogh 1943 FH93; Metagynellidae, Metagynuridae LKW09]

Phaulocylliba orbicularis (Müller 1882) S61 [incl. Discopoma romana Canestrini & Canestrini 1882 V25, P. romana S61]

Prodinychus americanus (Banks 1904) [=Dinychus americanus; incl. Uroobovella sellnickiamericana Hirschmann 1979] FH93

Uropodidae [Castriidinychidae, Cillibidae, Circocyllibidae, Coxequesomidae, Deraiophoridae, Discourellidae, Phaulodinychidae, Phaulodinychini, Planodiscidae, Thrichocyllibidae, Trichocyllibidae, Uropoden, Uropodini] LKW09

Vinicoloraobovella americana (Hirschmann 1972) [=Uroobovella americana, Fuscuropoda ameriana Moser & Roton 1971 (n. n.); incl. U. neoamericana Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol 1972] FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

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