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Bdellodes longirostris, copyright Philippe Garcelon.

Belongs within: Bdelloidea.

Bdellodes is a genus of snout mites with eight pairs of setae on the hypostome, one or two setae on each chelicera, and five pairs of leg trichobothria (Grandjean 1938, as Odontoscirinae except Molgus).

<==Bdellodes Oudemans 1937 H98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--*B. longirostris (Hermann 1804) SB63 (see below for synonymy)
    |--B. affinis Atyeo 1963 H98
    |--B. agrestis Atyeo 1963 [=B. Читать дальше...

Rhombognathus magnirostris magnirostris, from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Belongs within: Halacaridae.

Rhombognathus is a genus of halacarid mites with minute palpi and two setae each on the ocular plates (Luxton 1990).

Characters (from Luxton 1990): Dorsal plates well developed; ventral plates often fused; ocular plates each with two setae; genital opening of female ventral; legs bidactylous; sclerite between end of leg and base of claws rod-like.

<==Rhombognathus Trouessart 1888 [incl. Читать дальше...

Halacarus frontiporus, from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Belongs within: Halacaridae.

Halacarus is a genus of halacarid mites in which genu I is subequal in length to the adjoining femur and tibia (Luxton 1990).

Characters (from Luxton 1990): Ocular and posterior dorsal plates may be reduced or absent; anterior epimeral plates not divided into two parts; five large dorsal pores often present; palps four-segmented, penultimate segment with a spiniform seta; genu I subequal in length to femur I and tibia I... Читать дальше...

Agauopsis microrhyncha, from Lohmann (1893).

Belongs within: Halacaridae.

Agauopsis is a genus of halacarid mites in which the first pair of legs is armed with stout, peg-like setae (Luxton 1990).

Characters (from Luxton 1990): Female with three pairs of perigenital setae; moveable digits of chelicerae denticulate; palps four-segmented, penultimate segment with a spiniform seta; tibia I with unpaired spiniform setae, genu I shorter than femur I or tibia I.

<==Agauopsis Viets 1927 H98
    |--*A. Читать дальше...

Blue oat mite Penthaleus major, copyright Sandra-Photographie.

Belongs within: Eupodoidea.

The Penthaleidae are a group of often phytophagous mites, some of which are significant agricultural pests. They are soft-bodied with weakly chelate chelicerae, fifteen or more pairs of setae in the intercoxal region, and a dorsal or dorsoterminal anal opening (Walter et al. 2009).

<==Penthaleidae
    |--Chromotydaeus Berlese 1903 H98
    |    |--C. arcticus (Trägårdh 1900) [=Penthaleus arcticus] T05
    |    |--C. Читать дальше...

Dorsal (left) and ventral views of Boydaia sturni, from Skoracki et al. (2012).

Belongs within: Procurvata.

The Speleognathinae are a group of mites endoparasitic in the nasal mucosa of birds and mammals. They have no active instars between larva and adult with all three nymphal instars being calyptostatic within the larval skin (Walter et al. 2009).

<==Speleognathinae [Speleognathidae] AF00
    |  i. s.: Meropiboydaia Fain 1985 AF00, H98
    |           `--M. merops (Fain 1955) [=Boydaia merops... Читать дальше...

Rhyncholimnochares sp., copyright Ray Fisher.

Belongs within: Hydrachnidia.
Contains: Eylais.

The Protohydrachnidia are a clade of water mites in which the lateral eyes lack muscles, the last pair of idiosomal dorsoventral muscles are arranged in a median position, and the ejaculatory complex has the distal-sclerite arms and apical setae reduced.

<==Protohydrachnidia
    |--Hydrovolzioidea TBG00
    |    |--Hydrovolziidae [Hydrovolziinae] WWO01
    |    |    |--Stygovolzia... Читать дальше...

Wandesia thori, copyright Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Podgorica.

Belongs within: Hydryphantidae.

Wandesia is a genus of elongate-bodied water mites with widely separated coxae and lacking dorsal plates or genital flaps.

<==Wandesia Schechtel 1912 RFF05
    |  i. s.: W. cavecerberum GS96
    |         W. saginata GS96
    |         W. troma Cook 1986 H98
    |--W. (Wandesia) S86
    |    |--W. (W.) centensis Habeeb 1973 S86
    |    |--W. (W.) extendens Cook 1980 S86
    |    |--W. Читать дальше...

Hygrobates fluviatilis, photographed by Nigrico.

Belongs within: Hygrobatidae.

Hygrobates is a genus of mostly soft-bodied water mites with the capitulum fused to coxae I and often with a ventral projection on the palpfemur and ventral denticles on the palpgenu.

<==Hygrobates Koch 1837 RFF05
    |--H. (Hygrobates) RFF05
    |    |--H. (H.) ampliatus Viets 1936 RFF05
    |    |    |--H. a. ampliatus RFF05
    |    |    |--H. a. interpositus Viets 1954 RFF05
    |    |    `--H. Читать дальше...

Venter of idiosoma of male Corticacarus argentinensis, from Goldschmidt & Ramírez Sánchez (2020).

Belongs within: Hygrobatidae.

Corticacarus is a genus of hygrobatid water mites with relatively laterally placed legs IV with the glands on coxae IV placed centrally, posterior to the suture between coxae III and IV, and with a ventral projection on the palpfemur.

<==Corticacarus Lundblad 1936 RFF05 [incl. Notorheobates Imamura 1984 H98]
    |--C. (Corticacarus) RFF05
    |    |--C. Читать дальше...