Leptolaelapidae Explained

Leptolaelapidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.^[1]

Species

Australocheles W. Karg, 1983

• Australocheles holmi W. Karg, 1983

Ayersacarus Hunter, 1964

• Ayersacarus forsteri
• Ayersacarus gelidus
• Ayersacarus gressitti
• Ayersacarus hurleyi
• Ayersacarus knoxi
• Ayersacarus plumapilus Hunter, 1964
• Ayersacarus savilli
• Ayersacarus strandtmanni
• Ayersacarus woodi

Cosmetolaelaps Womersley, 1959

• Cosmetolaelaps desecti Costa & Allsopp, 1981
• Cosmetolaelaps dolicacanthus (Canestrini, 1884)
• Cosmetolaelaps microsetus Costa & Allsopp, 1981
• Cosmetolaelaps oligosetus Costa & Allsopp, 1981
• Cosmetolaelaps reticulatus Costa & Allsopp, 1981
• Cosmetolaelaps wallacei Costa & Allsopp, 1981

Evansolaelaps Marais & Loots, 1969

• Evansolaelaps angolaensis Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps curtipilus Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps kabobensis Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps leleupi Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps lingulatus Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps punctissima Marais & Loots, 1969
• Evansolaelaps trisetosus Marais & Loots, 1969

Indutolaelaps Karg, 1997

• Indutolaelaps jiroftensis Hajizadeh et al, 2017
• Indutolaelaps squamosus Karg, 1997

Leptolaelaps Berlese, 1918

• Leptolaelaps capensis
• Leptolaelaps elegans (Berlese, 1918)
• Leptolaelaps lambda
• Leptolaelaps lawrencei
• Leptolaelaps longicornea Karg, 1978
• Leptolaelaps macquariensis
• Leptolaelaps reticulatus Evans, 1957

Paradoxiphis Berlese, 1910

• Paradoxiphis armstrongi (Womersley, 1956)
• Paradoxiphis blackbolbi Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis bolboceras (Womersley, 1956)
• Paradoxiphis brevisetosus Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis brevisternum Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis circumsetosus Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis dimorphus Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis gigas Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis longanalis Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis longisetosus Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis matthewsi Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis rotundus Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis tenuibrachiatus Berlese, 1910
• Paradoxiphis waterhousei Costa & Allsopp, 1979
• Paradoxiphis womersleyi Costa & Allsopp, 1979

Prestacarus Clark in Clark & Hawke, 2012 ^[2]

• Prestacarus tilbrooki (Hunter, 1967)

Pseudopachylaelaps Evans, 1957

• Pseudopachylaelaps ornatus Evans, 1957

Pulchraplaga Karg, 1997

• Pulchraplaga caledonia Karg, 1997

Stevacarus Hunter, 1970

• Stevacarus claggi Hunter, 1970
• Stevacarus evansi (Hunter, 1964)

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Evans Walter . Leptolaelapidae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . . August 31, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100803132613/http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Leptolaelapidae.txt . August 3, 2010 .
2. Clark, J.M.; Hawke, D.J. 2012: Ayersacarus, an endemic mite genus from Zealandian seabird nest environments: revision, with four new species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Leptolaelapidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 39(1): 31-45.