Hoplomegistidae 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 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 c ...
.
Species
Hoplomegistidae contains one genus, with two recognized species:
* Genus ''
Stenosternum''
Kramer, 1898
** ''
Stenosternum armiger''
(Berlese, 1888)
** ''
Stenosternum bipilosum''
Kramer, 1898
References
Mesostigmata
Acari families
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