''Gamasolaelaps'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
s belonging to the family
Veigaiidae
Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder 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. Member ...
. 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
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being required.
Species
* ''
Gamasolaelaps aurantiacus''
(Berlese, 1903)
* ''
Gamasolaelaps bellingeri''
Evans
* ''
Gamasolaelaps bidentis''
Tseng, 1994
* ''Gamasolaelaps bondwaensis''
Hurlbutt, 1983
* ''Gamasolaelaps cerviformis''
Berlese
* ''Gamasolaelaps cornuum''
Karg, 1997
* ''Gamasolaelaps ctenisetiger''
Ishikawa, 1978
* ''Gamasolaelaps cuniculicola''
Wang, Zhou & Ji, 1990
* ''Gamasolaelaps dorotheae''
Koyumdjieva, 1986
* ''
Gamasolaelaps excisus''
(Koch)
* ''Gamasolaelaps leptocornutus''
Karg, 1998
* ''
Gamasolaelaps multidentatus''
Karg
* ''Gamasolaelaps pamirensis''
Barilo, 1987
* ''
Gamasolaelaps praetarsalis''
Karg, 1997
* ''
Gamasolaelaps pygmaeus''
Bregetova
* ''
Gamasolaelaps tuberculatus''
Breg.
* ''
Gamasolaelaps whartoni''
(Farrier)
References
*The genera ''Cyrthydrolaelaps'' Berlese and ''Gamasolaelaps'' Berlese (Acarina-Mesostigmata) G. Owen Evans, Acarologia, I (1959)
* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Veigaiidae
Mesostigmata
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