Neodiplogynium

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Neodiplogynium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Parasitiformes
Suborder: Mesostigmata
Family: Diplogyniidae
Genus: Neodiplogynium
Trägårdh, 1950
Species include

Neodiplogynium eusetosum
Neodiplogynium schubarti
Neodiplogynium vallei

Neodiplogynium is a genus of parasitic mites belonging to the family Diplogyniidae. Members of this genus can be distinguished from related mites by the sclerotized anal and ventral plates being completely separated.

[edit] References

  • A new mite taken with rats in Puerto Rico (Acarina: Diplogyniidae), Irving Fox, Acarologia I