Gamasolaelaps

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Gamasolaelaps

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Parasitiformes
Suborder:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Veigaiidae
Genus:	Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1904

Diversity

c. 20 species

Species

see text

Gamasolaelaps is a genus of mites belonging to the family Veigaiidae. Males of this genus can be distinguished from other members of the family by the lack of spurs on the second pair of legs and the fact the sclerotized shields on the underside of the body are never fused together. Females are more difficult to diagnose, a high powered microscope being required.

[edit] Species

Species include:

Gamasolaelaps arborescens Karg, 1998 — Ecuador: Pichincha Province between Pifo and Papallacta
Gamasolaelaps arenosus ^{[verification needed]}
Gamasolaelaps aurantiacus ^{[verification needed]}
Gamasolaelaps bellingeri Evans
Gamasolaelaps cerviformis Berlese
Gamasolaelaps dorotheae Koyumdjieva, 1986 — Bulgaria
Gamasolaelaps excisus (Koch)
Gamasolaelaps multidentatus Karg
Gamasolaelaps pamirensis Barilo, 1987 — Uzbekistan
Gamasolaelaps pygmaeus Bregetova
Gamasolaelaps subcorticalis ^{[verification needed]}
Gamasolaelaps tuberculatus Breg.
Gamasolaelaps whartoni (Farrier)

[edit] References

The genera Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese and Gamasolaelaps Berlese (Acarina-Mesostigmata) G. Owen Evans, Acarologia, I (1959)
Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Veigaiidae