Veigaiidae is a family 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 superorder

Parasitiformes Parasitiformes are a superorder of Arachnids, constituting one of the two major groups of mites, alongside Acariformes. Parasitiformes has, at times, been classified at the rank of order or suborder. It is uncertain whether Parasitiformes and A ...

. However they are not

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

but free-living and

predator Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

y 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 A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from el, ὑάλινος, translit=hyálinos, lit=transparent, and el, ὕαλος, translit=hýalos, lit=crystal, glass, label=none. Histopathology Hyaline cartilage is ...

appendage on the tarsus of the

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ...

Genera

* ''

Cyrthydrolaelaps ''Cyrthydrolaelaps'' is a genus of mites in the family Veigaiidae Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predator Predation is a biological int ...

'' Berlese, 1904 * ''

Gamasolaelaps ''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 unde ...

'' Berlese, 1903 * ''

Gorirossia ''Gorirossia'' is a genus of mites in the family Veigaiidae Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predator Predation is a biological interacti ...

'' Farrier, 1957 * ''

Veigaia ''Veigaia'' is a genus of mites in the family Veigaiidae.Hallan, Joel, edVeigaiidae Species Listing. Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on August 27, 2010. Species * '' Veigaia agilis'' (Berlese, 1916) * ''Veigaia anmashanensis'' T ...

'' Oudemans, 1905

References

*Evans, G. Owen (1959): The genera ''Cyrthydrolaelaps'' Berlese and ''Gamasolaelaps'' Berlese (Acarina: Mesostigmata). ''Acarologia I''. *Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Veigaiidae
Mesostigmata Taxa named by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Acari families {{Mesostigmata-stub