Veigaiidae

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Veigaiidae

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Parasitiformes
Suborder:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939

Diversity

4 genera, c. 60 species

Genera

Cyrthydrolaelaps
Gamasolaelaps
Gorirossia
Veigaia

Synonyms

Veigaiaidae
Veigaidae

Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.

[edit] References

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