Cercomegistidae is a family of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...

s in the order

Mesostigmata Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They ca ...

Species

Cercomegistidae contains four genera, with six recognized species: * Genus '' Celaenogamasus'' Berlese, 1901 ** '' Celaenogamasus hirtellus'' Berlese, 1901 * Genus '' Cercoleipus'' D.N.Kinn, 1970 ** '' Cercoleipus coelonotus'' D.N.Kinn, 1970 * Genus '' Cercomegistus'' Berlese, 1914 ** '' Cercomegistus abires'' Domrow, 1976 ** '' Cercomegistus bruckianus'' Berlese, 1914 ** '' Cercomegistus varaderoensis'' Wisniewski & Hirschmann, in Hirschmann & Wisniewski 1994 * Genus '' Vitzthumegistus'' Kethley, 1977 ** '' Vitzthumegistus paguroxenus'' (André, 1937)

References

Mesostigmata Acari families {{Mesostigmata-stub